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  • Rudd puts NSW Labour into administration
    Prime Minister Kevin Rudd has launched a direct takeover of the New South Wales ALP, placing it into administration as part of a bid to stamp out corruption in the embattled branch's ranks. Labor's national executive will take administrative control of the state branch for 30 days to implemen ...

Independent - London

  • Muslim Brotherhood officials arrested: 'They w ...
    Essam el-Haddad was barely a year old when Gamal Abdel Nasser, the revolutionary Egyptian leader, survived an assassination attempt at an Alexandria rally in 1954.Related StoriesEgypt: Muslim Brotherhood calls for protests as military arrests leader Mohammed BadieDoctors say Nelson Mandela face ...
  • Russia a regime of 'scumbags', says opposition ...
    Russia’s most prominent opposition leader described the country’s government as a regime of “scumbags” today in impassioned final words to a provincial court that could jail him for up to six years.Related StoriesFrance accused of spying on its own people with giant electronic surveillance gath ...
  • How celebs took over the bling ring’s backyard
    Taped to the side of Nelson Miguel’s smartphone accessory stall at The Commons, an upscale outdoor mall in the Los Angeles suburb of Calabasas, is a collage of celebrity snaps.Related StoriesVideo: The crater escape - sinkhole swallows car in Toledo, Ohio but driver freed unharmedEdward Snowden ...
  • Egypt crisis: Revealed - the defiant final day ...
    The final moments of Mohammed Morsi's one-year Presidency before he was ousted by his Egyptian military have been dramatically recounted by army, security and Muslim Brotherhood officials. Related StoriesSyria's opposition rebels to appoint new leader amid fears of radical Islamist involvementV ...
  • Egypt unrest: Army blamed as pro-Morsi rally i ...
    Egyptian security forces are said to have fired on supporters of the ousted President Mohamed Morsi as they marched on the headquarters of Cairo's Republican Guard where he is believed to be held.Related StoriesSyria's opposition rebels to appoint new leader amid fears of radical Islamist invol ...

Rogue Government.com

  • UK Energy bills ‘to double in five years’ as ...
    Energy bills are likely to double within five years as the Government drives a move to green power and building nuclear power stations, it is claimed.
  • Blackwater’s New Director: Bill Clinton’s Law ...
    Blackwater’s rebranding continues at a torrid pace. Danger Room has learned the latest Washington greybeard hired to spruce up the image of the world’s most infamous private security firm is Jack Quinn, a top Washington lobbyist and former White House counsel to President Bill Clinton.
  • Government asks Jewish groups to join in anti ...
    For the first time, the federal government is expanding its community-based anti-terrorism campaign to a religious group — the Jewish community, victims of past attacks in the U.S.
  • Analyst: Even Dollar Stores Struggling In ‘Ob ...
    More stores across the U.S. that offer deeply-discounted products are seeing their sales decline after years of growth amid America’s “Great Recession” — and one analyst said on Monday it’s another sign of even deeper downturn. 
  • Hackers claim they exposed Booz Allen Hamilto ...
    Hackers flying the AntiSec banner claimed today that they compromised a server at consulting firm Booz Allen Hamilton and have released internal data, including about 90,000 military e-mail addresses.

Innovation Canada

  • Safety haven
    If Canadian postal workers were to design the perfect winter boot, it would help them avoid slipping on icy walkways, stop them from missing their truck brakes while driving and keep them from getting their crampon spikes stuck in wooden porches.If the hearing impaired were looking for a hearing ...
  • Small tools, big impact
    Cancer, heart disease and stroke are leading causes of death among Canadians. As a medical doctor, an associate professor of electrical and computer engineering and a Canada Research Chair in Bioengineering and Biophotonics, Victor Yang has a unique perspective on these deadly diseases. Based at ...
  • Innovative, naturally
    For the first time this past winter, the Canada Foundation for Innovation (CFI) launched the Emerging Science Journalists Award (ESJA). The award was created to support Canada’s talented young science writers. Below is one of the winning entries by Roslyn Dakin, doctoral candidate in the Departm ...
  • A very gourd idea
    It’s been known for years that plants can take up and store trace amounts of hazardous metals like nickel, arsenic and cadmium from contaminated soil in a process called phytoremediation. Until recently, however, scientists assumed that plants weren’t capable of taking up a class of toxic chemic ...
  • Johne’s happens
    Trudging through a dairy farm to collect manure samples isn’t exactly glamorous work, but the odorous task is starting to have a big impact on the health of dairy cattle in Atlantic Canada — and it will save the dairy industry millions of dollars each year. Technicians at the University of Princ ...

Signs of the times

  • Egypt, Brazil, Turkey: without politics, prote ...
    From Egypt to Brazil, street action is driving change, but organisation is essential if it's not to be hijacked or disarmed Two years after the Arab uprisings fuelled a wave of protests and occupations across the world, mass demonstrations have returned to their crucible in Egypt. Just as milli ...
  • More cosmic fireworks with mass demonstrations ...
    Is it just a coincidence that fireballs were filmed over Cairo and Sao Paulo/Rio de Janeiro as mass demonstrations peaked in Egypt on July 2nd, and Brazil on June 18th, 2013? Check it out at 11 seconds... sure looks like a meteor/fireball to us.
  • Ball lightning strikes twice in southern Russia?
    The following excerpts come from Russia news sources concerning an apparent incidence of 'Ball Lightning' a month ago on June 5, 2013, in the village of Emanzhelinka, which lies 50 km south of Chelyabinsk, site of the overhead cometary explosion in Russia on 15th of February this year.
  • Algae overwhelms beach in Qingdao, east China
    Algae overwhelms a popular beach in Qingdao, east China. Officials use bulldozers to remove it. The algae boom may have been caused by pollution from industry. The region has had algae booms six years in a row, but this year's is twice as big as the previous largest in 2008. The algae is not da ...
  • Terrifying power of a tornado caught on camera ...
    Tornado ripped off the dome on Connecticut sports arena Dome caught on film flying over highway and landing on traffic Minutes earlier 29 children had been forced to flee Sports World Dome The terrifying power of a tornado has been caught on film as it blew off the dome of a sports arena in ...

The Galloping Beaver

  • There's no fix . . .
    FOR STUPID. Wingnut didn't secure his load, and now, he owns what AOL Autos calls the Jackson Pollock Edition Ford Explorer. Be careful out there, OK? Reality can have an instantaneous bite . . .
  • Eddie checks in . . .
    THANKS TO WIKILEAKS, this latest from Edward Snowden. The man is pissed. To him, the Oval Office and a toilet have the same shape and function, but judge for yourself: Statement from Edward Snowden in MoscowMonday July 1, 21:40 UTCOne week ago I left Hong Kong after it became clear that my fr ...
  • A look behind the curtain . . .
    THANKS TO ED SNOWDEN, we have a look at the Bush-Cheney paranoia, and it's scary, a GOP/neo-con attempt to create a fourth Reich with a Stasi on steroids. William Saletan has an article in WIRED that's a fascinating read, "The Taming of the Spook", click on the link to check out the whole thing. ...
  • HASH(0x4b82088)
    Look at any newspaper, watch any newscast, and compare the amount of space and time given to actual hard news (breaking events, politics, court, natural disaster, policy, war, events of community and/or global significance, local crime)  opinion (arts reviews, political punditry, letters to ...
  • We are a nation of immigrants
    The Pier 21 Immigration museum in Halifax commissioned a Toronto production firm to collect about 100 immigrant stories. This is my son's.

Media Matters for America

  • 5 Facts Media Should Know About States' Unprec ...
    As state legislatures debate 300 new bills to further restrict women's constitutional right to legal and safe abortions, media should know that abortion is already restricted in the U.S. at unprecedented levels, that experts say it is medically unnecessary to require clinics to obtain hospital a ...
  • STUDY: Media Still Largely Fail To Put Wildfir ...
    A study of wildfire coverage from April through July 1 finds that print and TV media only mentioned climate change in 6 percent of coverage, although this was double the amount of coverage from a year ago. While many factors must come together for wildfires to occur, climate change has ...
  • "Obamacars," "Marcophones" And Other Ridiculou ...
    Right-wing media have invented several conspiracy theories to attack the Senate comprehensive immigration reform bill, including claiming that the legislation provides free cars and cell phones for undocumented immigrants, and that it is a secret plot to create a permanent one-party system remin ...
  • Fox News' Latest Benghazi "Smokescreen"
    Fox News continues to push Benghazi falsehoods in its quest to tarnish President Obama and former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton. On June 28, Bret Baier hosted Fox's "Benghazi: The Truth Behind The Smokescreen" in the network's latest attempt to keep the Benghazi myth at the forefront. The o ...
  • Fox News, Home Of Benghazi Myths, To Air One-H ...
    Fox News will air a one-hour special titled Benghazi: The Truth Behind The Smokescreen which purports to provide "a comprehensive look at all of the new developments in the story." But Fox is not a credible source on Benghazi, having littered its coverage of the incident with ...

Global Research.ca

  • No Hope On The Jobs Front: Rising Unemployment ...
    Do you remember the promise of the New Economy that was going to replace the lost “dirty fingernail” manufacturing jobs with innovative highly paid New Economy jobs? Well, the promise was just another deception from the elites who have stolen…
  • “Planning 9/11″: The Five “H ...
    It is a bedrock principle of our system of justice that everyone who is charged with a crime is presumed innocent unless and until proven guilty. That includes “high-value detainees” awaiting trial in Guantánamo’s military commissions. Yet pre-trial hearings held…
  • L’avventura siriana del ex-presidente Morsi
    25 de Giugno 2013 Gli Egittologi ci raccontano che il faraone Amenofi II, figlio del grande Tutmosi III, fu costretto a domare una ribellione ai confini dell’attuale Siria. Schiacciata la rivolta, rientrò trionfalmente con migliaia di prigionieri, tra cui sette…
  • Egypt’s Constitutional Referendum: Did P ...
    President Morsi created a new constitution in December following massive street protests to rescind an executive decree that granted him sweeping presidential powers. His opponents called it an empty gesture as Morsi’s government brought out the Egyptian military from their barracks into the str ...
  • History: How the US Installed a Proxy “B ...
    From Egypt to Syria, the Muslim Brotherhood does the West's bidding - now joined by overt State Department fronts.

TPM Cafe

  • Message to world government: Don't govern the ...
    You could think of the Aspen IDEA report published today as a letter to the head of the International Telecommunications Union, Hamadoun Touré, suggesting that he should reconsider his intent to put the "light touch" of government on the Internet's operations. M. Touré will be running a majo ...
  • Obama and Romney on Foreign Policy - Drawing t ...
    The political battle lines are being drawn for the general election debate over foreign policy and national security, and you can't do much better than my fellow Democracy Arsenal blogger Michael Cohen for a guide. One key theme of Michael's latest column for ForeignPolicy.com is what a differen ...
  • Will Yale's Alumni Save Liberal Education?
    Hoping to head off alumni resistance to the brand-new "Yale-National University of Singapore" college that the Yale Corporation has created somewhat stealthily in collaboration with the government of that authoritarian city-state, Association of Yale Alumni chairman Michael Madison has inadvert ...
  • Neocons Celebrate: We Got MJ Rosenberg, We'll ...
    The right-wing "pro-Israel" lobby has taken off its mask. In the wake of my departure from Media Matters, it is in a celebratory mood. In one article and column after another, the Israel-is-always-right types cannot contain their feeling of triumph. There are dozens of these articles. Here i ...
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Water - AlterNet

  • How We Can Wrench Independence from the Corpor ...
    This week we learned what “extreme” in climate changed extreme weather means for human loss -- so what are we doing about it? "Within a few years we are going to have more people off the surface of this planet more often, and we’ll have to determine value in that new environ ...
  • How We Can Find Independence from the Corporat ...
    This week we learned what “extreme” in climate changed extreme weather means for human loss -- so what are we doing about it? "Within a few years we are going to have more people off the surface of this planet more often, and we’ll have to determine value in that new environ ...
  • 5 Photos Show King Coal’s Grip on Appalachia
    It helps to fly above the mountains to truly undersand what's going on. Editor’s Note: Tara Lohan is traveling across North America documenting communities impacted by energy development for a new AlterNet project, Hitting Home. Follow the trip on Facebook or follow ...
  • A Presidential Speech Won't Solve Climate Chan ...
    The biosphere of which humans are a part cannot afford half measures or rely on dubious “friends” in high places. Before we get teary eyed with joy or scoff with derision, we should take a closer look at President Obama’s June 25 speech on climate change, and set it within t ...
  • Mass Protest, Not a Speech, Is Needed to Addre ...
    The biosphere of which humans are a part cannot afford half measures or rely on dubious “friends” in high places. Before we get teary eyed with joy or scoff with derision, we should take a closer look at President Obama’s June 25 speech on climate change, and set it within t ...

Public Citizen in Texas

  • Senate Health and Human Services Committee to ...
    The Senate Health & Human Services Committee is scheduled to take public testimony on SB 1 (Relating to the regulation of abortion procedures, providers, and facilities; providing penalties) starting at 10:00 AM on Monday, July 08, 2013.  The hearing will be in the Texas Capitol extension in ...
  • Democracy in Action – Texas and the Abortion Bill
    An estimated 5,000 demonstrators descended on the Texas Capitol today, with the majority expressing their opposition to new abortion restrictions that a Democratic filibuster led by state Senator Wendy Davis and raucous protests outside and inside the capitol derailed last week. Today, Texas law ...
  • Democracy in Action – Texas and the Abortion Bill
    An estimated 5,000 demonstrators descended on the Texas Capitol today, with the majority expressing their opposition to new abortion restrictions that a Democratic filibuster led by state Senator Wendy Davis and raucous protests outside and inside the capitol derailed last week. Today, Texas law ...
  • Central Texas Dreams Big for Solar Energy Center
    James Montgomery, Associate Editor, RenewableEnergyWorld.com Austin, Texas – Texas A&M University-Central Texas (TAMU-CT) is opening the doors for what it claims will be the planet’s biggest solar energy test facility, a 50-MW undertaking spanning both commercial demonstrations a ...
  • Central Texas Dreams Big for Solar Energy Center
    James Montgomery, Associate Editor, RenewableEnergyWorld.com Austin, Texas – Texas A&M University-Central Texas (TAMU-CT) is opening the doors for what it claims will be the planet’s biggest solar energy test facility, a 50-MW undertaking spanning both commercial demonstrations a ...

Unexplained Mysteries

Grassroots

  • Grassroots International to honor the World Ma ...
    Subheadline:  30th Anniversary Event celebrates extradinary partnership for social change Image:  invitation_cover_image.jpg Grassroots International is honoring ...
  • Agroecology Grows Food and Self-Sufficiency
    Subheadline:  Settlement in Maranhao thrives despite drought brazil-mst_farmer.jpg The embattled northeastern Brazilian state of Maranhão is experiencing its worst drought ...
  • Why Movements Matter
    via_campesina-6th_international_conference.jpg Earlier this month, hundreds of small farmers from dozens of countries gathered in Jakarta, Indonesia for the 6th International Congress of the Via Campesina. read more
  • The World Food Prize Misses the Mark
    Subheadline:  Award given to Monsanto rewards GMOs not farmers Image:  no_farmers_no_food.jpg  read more
  • Haitian-led Response to Earthquake Featured in ...
    faultlinescover.jpg The catastrophic earthquake that shook Haiti in 2010 revealed two parallel stories, although only one has made it into the mainstream. The story most people are familiar with is how the international community swept into ...

Climate

  • Norwegian’s Plan to Pay Canada to Keep Oil San ...
    (Financial Times, sub. req.'d) Paying Canadians to keep their oil sands in the ground to curb climate change might not sound like an obvious vote winner to a cash-strapped European government. But it makes more economic sense tha ...
  • Saudi Arabia Starts Survey of Renewable Energy ...
    (Bloomberg) Saudi Arabia started a program to assess its potential for generating renewable energy, part of an effort to lure $109 billion for building a solar industry that will free up more of its crude oil for export.
  • Obama’s Energy Security Trust Collecting Dust
    (The Hill) President Obama's plan for a $2 billion Energy Security Trust is collecting dust on Capitol Hill. Obama's proposal, which he made in this year's State of the Union address, called for using offshore drilling revenue to ...
  • DOE Rolls Out Fossil Fuel Loan Guarantees
    (The Hill) The Energy Department announced Tuesday it will soon take applications for up to $8 billion in federal loan guarantees for projects and developing technologies that reduce carbon emissions from extracting and burning fossil ...
  • World Suffered Unprecedented Climate Extremes ...
    (Reuters) The world suffered unprecedented climate extremes in the decade to 2010, from heatwaves in Europe and droughts in Australia to floods in Pakistan, against a backdrop of global warming, a United Nations&nbs ...

GreenBiz

Duly Noted

  • Ethiopia and Eritrea: An elusive peace on the ...
    Ethiopia and Eritrea are still at each others’ throats. The two neighbours fought hammer and tongs in sun-baked trenches during a two-year war over a decade ago, before a peace deal ended their World War I-style conflict in 2000. Furious veRed Sea, UNrbal battles, however, have continued to this ...
  • A Mafia in FATA: Haqqanis and Drones
    A new report about the Haqqani network's business interests raises questions about the anti-drones narrative in Pakistan
  • Are African governments suppressing art?
    The dust is finally settling on the storm that was kicked off in South Africa by a controversial painting of President Jacob Zuma with his genitals exposed.
  • Greek debt – remember the goats
    Greece's creditors have essentially let it off the hook by overwhelmingly agreeing to take a 74 percent loss. So what better time to remember one of the first times Athens got in trouble with paying its debts.
  • Greeks on the street
    Greeks smashing windows and setting fire to shops and banks in a fury of opposition to yet more austerity is gripping, but not unique. There are underlying elements than make such uprisings more common in Greece than elsewhere.

Booman Tribune

  • Whither Islamism
    Without meaning to be disrespectful of Islam, I think Islamism as a political phenomenon, grew out of a very constrained set of circumstances where traditional Islamic societies were confronted first with superior Western technology that overwhelmed them militarily, and then with a binary choice ...
  • Will McCain Explode on Boehner?
    You gotta love the some political observers sourcing. You just want a professor to take out their red pen and white "who?" on the article. Some political observers believe its just a matter of time before McCain aggressively goes after House GOP members for not voting on the Senate-passed ...
  • Afghan Clusterfu*k
    Afghanistan's President Hamid Karzai is a pain in the ass. He's about the most ungrateful person I've ever seen; he routinely criticizes us (often in paranoid tones); he runs a corrupt and contemptible administration, and he's badgering us to give him blood oaths of tons of troops in perpetuity ...
  • Serious Question
    As much as people bitch about America, you'd think they'd be willing to live somewhere else. I don't think I'd want to live anywhere else, although I'd certainly entertain offers. I couldn't spend too long in Paris because spoken French irritates me after a while. I don't like the climate in E ...
  • Happy Fourth of July
    Need some buzzkill? The Continental Congress declared independence on July 2nd and most of them signed the declaration on August 2nd. If anyone rang the Liberty Bell, no one noted it at the time, and there is no proof that Betsy Ross ever lived in the Betsy Ross house, nor that she had anythin ...

Environmental Graffiti

  • Magical Muggle Quidditch: Harry Potter Broomst ...
    Born in the magical universe of Harry Potter, the bizarre sport of Quidditch has made the transition from fantasy to reality, and it’s bewitching the world. This is just a brief summary, please visit Environmental Graffiti to see the full, formatted version of the article
  • The Toxic Haze Choking Southeast Asia
    Like a seasonal phenomenon, the haze arrives each year to plague parts of Southeast Asia. But the cause behind this toxic cloud of air pollution is far from natural. This is just a brief summary, please visit Environmental Graffiti to see the full, formatted version of the article
  • 10 Coolest Links of the Week
    Lots of lovely links this week. Whether you love Indiana Jones, comic books or sports, we’ve got something for you. This is just a brief summary, please visit Environmental Graffiti to see the full, formatted version of the article
  • From Legend to Reality: Uncovering the Sunken ...
    Little was known about the legendary city of Heracleion. But then a marine archaeologist and his team stumbled on its ancient submerged ruins... This is just a brief summary, please visit Environmental Graffiti to see the full, formatted version of the article
  • 10 Coolest Links of the Week
    This week, we've got natural wonders and incredible manmade structures for you to check out. Plus: some seriously smart people, amazing dads from nature, and tasty books. This is just a brief summary, please visit Environmental Graffiti to see the full, formatted version of the article ...

Foreign Policy in Focus

Al Jazeera

Green Inc. - NYT

  • Follow Our Environmental Coverage
    Where to find continuing coverage of the environment at The Times.
  • An Addendum
    Some longtime contributors to the Green blog will now be posting to the Caucus and Bits blogs instead, and they can be followed on Twitter.
  • A Blog’s Adieu
    The New York Times is discontinuing the Green blog but plans to press on with aggressive energy and environment coverage.
  • Q and A: The Angry Economist
    Because of its natural gas boom, the United States is ahead of Europe in fixing climate change, the Oxford economist Dieter Helm argues.
  • A Snapshot of Drilling on a Park’s Margins
    A photographer seeks to drive home the proximity of fracking to Glacier National Park.

Dot Earth News

Doug Feith : Hong Pong

  • Trans Pacific Partnership discussion & communi ...
    I was glad to help publish live video from a panel and community discussion about the controversial and incredibly dangerous Trans Pacific Partnership secret treaty now being developed by corporate weasels and a trade representative unit of the White House, with almost all of Congress barred fro ...
  • Comrades from Cairo speak out: Fight the System
    It's moving full speed in Egypt right now. Difficult but Inspiring as always! Jadaliyya Coverage of Egypt on 30 June 2013 // Millions of Egyptians turn out nationwide for anti-Morsi rallies; 7 dead in violence - Politics - Egypt - Ahram Online. Incredible pics: These Pictures Show Just How Massi ...
  • Interview on the Rundown Live re NSA, covert o ...
    On Monday June 24: Caught up on matters re deep politics & weirdness with the guys on TheRunDownLive - got to cover some good topics including domestic military operations under USNORTHCOM CONPLAN 3502 aka "Civil Disturbance Operations", the DRE drug scandal in Minneapolis, arcana of the cov ...
  • A polite notification about toxic/lethal food ...
    I am on a bit of a riff against a common food additive azodicarbonamide. I sent this to a local sandwich maker/distributor that has a pretty good hold on the Minneapolis independent coffee shop sandwich market. I won't name the sandwich company for now. I think I will assume that azodicarbonamid ...
  • World Bank whistleblower flags laundering mone ...
    Another interesting whistleblower item. Very quick post. Karen Hudes from World Bank notes major crises including something related to the major disruption of gold markets. I suspect this is the COMEX paper gold situation.... This is a pretty big deal. Starts around 6 minutes. Also covers Brazil ...

AlterNet Top Stories

  • BART Strike Comes to End For Now
    BART management and unions agree to extend current contract for 30 more days of negotiation. The BART strike came to an end Friday at 3 p.m. after the transit agency and unions agreed to extend the current contract to have 30 more days of negotiation. According to the San Francisco Chronicle, ...
  • Missouri May Reinstate Gas Chamber
    Missouri last executed a prisoner in the gas chamber in 1965 -- but it may soon reinstate the fatal practice.  Missouri may have to reinstitute the gas chamber as a result of the state Supreme Court's refusal to set execution dates, the state attorney general said.The Missouri Supreme Cou ...
  • Teenager Jailed for Facebook "Terrorist Threat ...
    The nineteen-year-old facing a third-degree felony for a Facebook joke is now suffering from the trauma of incarceration. The nineteen-year-old jailed for making a "terrorist threat" after posting an obviously sarcastic comment on Facebook is now reportedly on suicide watch in jail, where he ...
  • Zimmerman Lawyer Tries to Bully Trayvon's Moth ...
    Using absurd rhetorical tricks, the defense continues its effort to criminalize Trayvon Martin. Alleged murderer George Zimmerman's attorney Mark O'Mara coldly questioned Trayvon Martin's mother Sybrina Fulton on Friday, going so far to suggest her slain son was responsible for his own death. ...
  • The 10 Most Dangerous Places to be a Woman in ...
    From Texas to North Dakota, lawmakers are threatening the lives of women across the United States. Lately, the preferred strategy for reproductive rights opponents in the United States seems to be: if you can’t beat Roe v. Wade, then simply regulate around it.Whether it’s the ne ...

Threat Level

  • Courts Can’t Agree on Whether Cops Can Track Y ...
    Prosecutors are shifting their focus to warrantless cell-tower locational tracking of criminal suspects in the wake of the Supreme Court's ruling 18 months ago that law enforcement should acquire probable-cause warrants from judges to affix GPS devices to vehicles to ...    
  • Hacker Holes in Server Management System Allow ...
    Major vulnerabilities in a protocol for remotely monitoring and managing servers would allow attackers to hijack the computers to gain control of them, access or erase data, or lock others out. The vulnerabilities exist in more than 100,000 servers connected ...    
  • How Weev’s Appeal Affects All of Us
    Weev’s case is just another example of a dangerous prosecution that covers all sorts of innocuous, common internet behavior. Perhaps more dangerously, it’s an example of a prosecution that tries to regulate a person, not just his or her crime.    
  • New Argument in Forced-Decryption Case: Defend ...
    Federal prosecutors are urging a federal judge to demand a Wisconsin man promptly decrypt several hard drives they believe contain child pornography. The authorities have been litigating the constitutionality of the decryption issue for months, and want the suspect, Jeffrey ...    ...
  • 9 Years After Shadowcrew, Feds Get Their Hands ...
    Nine years after the Shadowcrew carding forum was shuttered in a Secret Service sting operation, a Bulgarian charged with carding activities has been brought to the U.S. to face charges after nearly a decade on the lam.    

Equality Trust

  • UK Drug Policy Commission Report published today
    The UK’s approach to drug policy appears simplistic in several ways. Seeing all drug use as invariably problematic can reduce the cost-effectiveness of policy. Equally, drug problems need to be seen and addressed within their wider social and economic context; entrenched drug problems appear to ...
  • The Spirit Level Documentary Film
    We're delighted to introduce The Spirit Level Documentary - a forthcoming film based on the best-selling book, which will show why a more equal society is better for us all. Find out more...    
  • Act Local = Reduce the Gap
    Find out more about our new campaign: Act Local = Reduce the Gap
  • We work in partnership with One Society
    Visit the website of One Society which works in partnership with The Equality Trust. One Society draws on a wealth of research which shows that large divides in income at the top and bottom of society – beyond ‘proportional rewards’ – are damaging to our economy and society, not just for those ...
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PDA AMERICA

  • Wikiarguments: A Practical Plan to Get Big Mon ...
    Wikiarguments: A Practical Plan to Get Big Money Out of Politics By Carmen Yarrusso There are a thousand hacking at the branches of evil to one who is striking at the root.”–Henry David Thoreau Clearly, our government ...
  • IOT: Healthcare for All Jan Call
    Call – Healthcare for All IOT Date – Jan 18, 2011 Agenda: 1. Introductions—Dr. Bill Honigman, PDA Healthcare for All IOT coordinator and California State Coordinator 2. National Single Payer Movement—Katie Robbins, Healthcare-NOW! 3. States Single Payer Movement–Chuck Pennacchi ...
  • PDA Weekly Field Report 1/7/2011 – 1/18/2011
    Little Victories! Field Site: onenationpda.org California ADEM elections: Congratulations to all our PDA California friends and allies who completed a sweep up and down at the state at the recent CA Democratic Party Delegate elections. This will put the ...
  • War is a Crime: Join In For Justice
    WarIsACrime.org JOIN IN FOR JUSTICE! 1/17/11 Washington, D.C., and Quantico, Va. Protest of FBI Raids and Bradley Manning Imprisonment http://www.defendingdissent.org/action/Events.htm 1/18/11 Washington, D.C. Panel with Rep. Rush Holt, Emily Berman from the Brennan Center for Justice, Shah ...
  • An American Suicide Terrorist
    William John Cox The shooter of Congresswoman Gifford acted as a domestic suicide terrorist on the political “battleground” of American politics. His YouTube postings and “goodby” phone messages are ominously reminiscent of the traditional farewell videos ...

Marler Blog

  • Minnesota, Illinois, Indiana and Ohio part of ...
    According to the Minnesota Department of Health (MDH), two older adults in Minnesota got sick in early June after eating the cheese, and one later died. The outbreak has sickened... Continue Reading
  • A Listeria Cheese Death and more Sickened by H ...
    The Minnesota Departments of Health and Agriculture are working with the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention and the U.S. Food and Drug Administration on a multi-state outbreak investigation of... Continue Reading
  • Purely Pomegranate LInked to Goknur Foodstuffs ...
    The source of the Hepatitis A outbreak is becoming clearer. The CDC reports as of July 1, 2013, 132 people have been confirmed to have become ill from hepatitis A... Continue Reading
  • Townsend Farms Hepatitis A Outbreak Hits 131
    The CDC reports that as of June 28, 2013, 131 people have been confirmed to have become ill from hepatitis A after eating ‘Townsend Farms Organic Antioxidant Blend’ in 8... Continue Reading
  • Townsend Farms Further Implicates Its Supplier ...
    Missing my flight to Seattle via London to Amsterdam allowed my to access the internet from a hotel in the old part of the city to upload this post.  It... Continue Reading

AutoblogGreen

  • First Drive: 2013 Nissan Leaf [w/video]
    Filed under: Hatchback, Nissan, First Drives, ElectricIf It Ain't Broke, Don't Fix It Look at the 2013 Nissan Leaf - even one parked next to a 2012 model - and you'll be hard-pressed to spot the differences. Changes and updates have been made, but you have to know the details to tell. It ...
  • Video: Tesla Model S has secret menu that show ...
    Filed under: Sedan, Performance, Videos, Tesla, Electric, Luxury The Telsa Model S may have won just about every automotive award it could last year, but that doesn't mean it's a perfect vehicle. Far from it. Drivers have been asking when the already high-tech vehicle will get somewhat normal ...
  • Shanghai: Detroit Electric, Geely announce str ...
    Filed under: Shanghai Motor Show, Electric, MISC The revived Detroit Electric company will be partnering with China's Geely, but the mission is not to cooperate on bringing the all-electric Tesla Roadster-like SP:01 to market. Instead, Detroit Electric and Geely will co-develop more normal p ...
  • First Drive: 2013 Fiat 500e
    Filed under: Hatchback, First Drives, Electric, FiatCinquecento's Electrifying One-Price Strategy Is A Gas America's electric vehicle segment is getting crowded, but sales remain tiny compared to the overall market. Listening to EV pitchmen, a key phrase heard over and over is "no comprom ...
  • New York: 2014 Subaru XV Crosstrek Hybrid fina ...
    Filed under: New York Auto Show, Hybrid, Crossover, Subaru For a company that does a pretty great job of tying its vehicles to the environment - or, better said, to people who like to actually get out into the environment - Subaru hasn't exactly been a leader in green vehicle production. In f ...

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Invisible Opportunity

  • CAN OBAMA SAVE MORSI’S ARSE? ~~ PHOTO ESSAY FR ...
    A massive wave of anti-Obama sentiment in Egypt has been utterly ignored by vintage media, even though the protests may be the largest in all of human history. * * via CAN OBAMA SAVE MORSI’S ARSE? ~~ PHOTO ESSAY FROM TAHRIR SQUARE | Desertpeace.
  • The Todashev Killing and the House of Cards | ...
    by David Martin Sometime in the evening of May 21 a contingent of law enforcement officials arrived at the apartment of 27-year-old Ibragim Todashev (pronounced Ibrahim To-DAH-shev). The FBI says that the group consisted of an FBI agent, two Massachusetts state troopers, and “other law enforceme ...
  • Activist Post: It Just Doesn’t Feel Like the 4 ...
    Dave Hodges Activist Post Are you like me in that you are having a difficult time trying to decide what to for the 4th of July holiday? Do you feel like me and feel that we don’t have a lot to celebrate given the present state of affairs? Because I have a family I will […]
  • What REALLY Caused the Coup Against the Egypti ...
    Washington’s Blog Egypt’s Support for Intervention in Syria Was the Straw that Broke the Camel’s Back The protests in Egypt against president Mohammed Morsi were – according to the BBC – the largest in history.   The Egyptian military threw Morsi out in a coup today. Why? Irish Times reports: Ar ...
  • Natural Health News and Wellness Tips | Natura ...
    by Sayer Ji How much longer will we deny the growing body of research linking Roundup to infertility before calling this chemical a contraceptive? Following closely on the heels of the EPA’s decision to allow Roundup herbicide residues in your food at concentrations a million times higher ...

Global Insights

  • Less Than a Week Away
    We encourage you to register for Awake and Aware.George Green will be a featured speaker.September 19th & 20th • Burbank, CAClick here for Tickets & Reservations 
  • The Georgia Guidestones
    On one of the highest hilltops in Elbert County, Georgia stands a huge granite monument. Engraved in eight different languages on the four giant stones that support the common capstone are 10 Guides, or commandments. That monument is alternately referred to as The Georgia Guidestones, or the ...
  • The Creation
    THE CREATION (A recent message given to George Green from the "guys upstairs") We are pleased to bring understanding and clarification on what is the Creation. This is a challenge because your language of communication has not the words for describing this conception of Creation. So as not to pu ...
  • The Long Emergency: Surviving the Converging C ...
    In his previous books, James Kunstler focused on the shortsighted vision of suburban planning; now he expands that view to the country's urban growth challenges and the need to drastically change our current course of auto and oil dependency. The Long Emergency is filled with history plus eye-op ...
  • About George Green
    Dear Friends, Thank you for your interest in our catalog of unusual and informative materials. The knowledge gained will give you choices in the days ahead and lessons of discernment as the chaos increases. It is necessary for those of you who are now in the "know" so to speak, to begin to fo ...

Twilight Earth

  • Cartoon caption contest
    Take a look at the cartoon below and enter your caption idea in the comment section (more ifo on prize, etc. below the cartoon). Eligible captions will be those posted on my site, Elephant Journal, Wend Magazine, PlanetSave, Eco-Snobbery Sucks, Ecolutionist, Ecopolitology, and Twilight Earth. Wi ...
  • Exposed: Why the GOP wants to eliminate Clean ...
    Whether we can believe this see-through-elephant-trunk footage or not, the possibility that elephants have a triple fitration system within their trunks has to have some credence. Otherwise, why on earth would leading Republicans try to make it easier for big polluters to further pollute the air ...
  • Apples may lose trees [cartoon]
    The rest of Joe Mohr’s cartoons, and cartoon updates and other green news on Twitter @GreenCartoons. Related posts:The Aging Activist Monsanto Gets Beat–May Lose Beets (cartoon) Eco-Snobbery Sucks: The Cartoon Related posts:The Aging Activist Monsanto Gets Beat–May Lose Beets (cartoo ...
  • Mixed message from USDA chief Vilsack [cartoon]
    US Ag Secretary, Tom Vilsack tells us to eat more natural foods a few days after fully deregulating GMO alfalfa…I’m confused. Confused as well? Read the links below and try to figure out this mess. From The New York Times: Government’s Dietary Advice: Eat Less From Elephant Journal: ...
  • BREAKING: Deleted Monsanto cartoon panel, leaked!
    Unlike the former Monsanto cartoon on this subject, this version shows a bit more clearly who surrendered the future of organic agriculture to Monsanto. There’s been a lot of talk from both sides (organic and biotech) about compromise. That is misleading and almost laughable (read: cryable ...

Fabius Maximus

  • The June jobs report: continued slow growth, b ...
    Summary:  The news media focuses on the month-to-month changes in the jobs report, which consist mostly of noise. Strong months confirm the optimists; weak months confirm the pessimists. In fact the trend of growth remains the real story, with the US economy near stall speed — supported on ...
  • An Independence Day special report: I have see ...
    Summary: The FM website presents information and analysis, but seldom in the first person. However there are frequent requests for information about my activities during these years in which the foundation of the New America was laid. Here is my story, quite appropriate for remembrance on Indepe ...
  • For Independence Day Egypt shows us how little ...
    Summary: We see how far America has drifted from its roots that before Independence Day we hear words defending democracy similar to those of the Founders — and we mock them, siding with the Army overthrowing these elected representatives and the mob cheering them. I had an inspiring post ...
  • Advice from the past about ways to celebrate I ...
    Independence Day has become a day for thoughtless merriment and undeserved self-congratulations. It should be neither as the Republic dies. The Constitution becomes every day less relevant, as our respect for it fades and our ruling elites learn they can disregard it. We have thrown away the pol ...
  • Good news about the US economy!
    Summary: Many people look at the US economy since the crash and deny there has been a recovery. Or a “real” recovery. That’s false. This is the 5th in a series about our recovery; today we examine those parts of the US economy that have recovered — some even making new hi ...

WIRED Magazine | Science

  • Why Charcoal Grilling Is Better Than Gas Grill ...
    Flavor and taste are not the same thing. What charcoal brings to the BBQ party is a healthy heaping of aroma compounds, the other half of the power couple that is flavor. In fact, aroma might be the super starlet ...    
  • Wired Space Photo of the Day: Galactic Twins
    Looking towards the constellation of Triangulum (The Triangle), in the northern sky, lies the galaxy pair MRK 1034. The two very similar galaxies, named PGC 9074 and PGC 9071, are close enough to one another to be bound together by ...    
  • Wired Space Photo of the Day: Red, White, and ...
    This spectacular group of young stars is the open star cluster NGC 3766 in the constellation of Centaurus (The Centaur). Very careful observations of these stars by a group from the Geneva Observatory using the Swiss 1.2-metre Leonhard Euler Telescope ...    
  • Your Town’s Fireworks Suck Compared to the Sun ...
    With 4th of July around the corner, Americans are preparing to watch spectacular fireworks displays around the country. But you know who does really amazing pyrotechnics? The sun! In this gallery, we take a look at some of the best ...    
  • Wired Space Photo of the Day: Earth Full of Clouds
    ESA astronaut Luca Parmitano is spending six months on the International Space Station conducting experiments and keeping the orbital outpost running with five colleague astronauts.    

PakAlert

  • Homeland Security Conducts “Top Secret” July 4 ...
    The Department of Homeland Security is conducting a “top secret” drill codenamed ‘Operation Independence’ across the United States today, during which officers in riot gear as well as undercover agents will patrol transport hubs
  • Top 20 Obama scandals: The list
    As a junior U.S. senator from Illinois, Barack Obama used his brief career to essentially snipe at President Bush and others in his administration over what he believed were a series of legal and constitutional abuses
  • Bill Gates and GMO Cronies Plan $30 Million Se ...
    Bill Gates has been listed by Forbes as one of the world’s richest men, so when he makes plans to do something, people take note. Bill’s Microsoft money allowed him to build the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation, with a huge $34.6 billion endowment and the ability to spend more than $1.5 billion ...
  • American police now “Israeli-DHS trained,” pre ...
    As part of this training, there is an increased move to use of military uniforms, armored vehicles, heavy weapons, illegal surveillance, lying to the people, press and courts and systematic interference in the electoral system
  • BREAKING: Privacy Advocates To File Supreme Co ...
    Amie Stepanovich, Director of the Domestic Surveillance Project at Electronic Privacy Information Center (EPIC), announced that her organization is submitting a petition asking the Supreme Court to vacate Foreign Surveillance Intelligence Court (FISC) ruling that authorized the National Security ...

Andy Worthington

  • Save Lewisham Hospital: The Submission to the ...
    Today is the 65th anniversary of the NHS, and I’d like to raise a toast to the visionary founders of the health service, who established a system of medical care for all of us, free at the point of entry and paid for out of general taxation, that has demonstrated, and continues to demonstr ...
  • Justice Department Tells Court that Force-Feed ...
    What a disgrace the Justice Department lawyers dealing with Guantánamo are. On Wednesday, Andrew Warden, Timothy Walthall and Daniel Barish of the Civil Division’s Federal Programs Branch argued in federal court in Washington D.C. against a motion submitted on behalf of four of the prisone ...
  • Save Lewisham Hospital: Hopes that the Judicia ...
    On Tuesday, a High Court judge, Sir Stephen Silber, began hearing two judicial reviews intended to prove that plans to severely downgrade services at Lewisham Hospital in south east London — conceived and approved by senior NHS management and the Tory-led government — are unlawful. T ...
  • In Court Submission, Hunger Striker Ahmed Belb ...
    I wrote the following article for the “Close Guantánamo” website, which I established in January 2012 with US attorney Tom Wilner. Please join us – just an email address is required to be counted amongst those opposed to the ongoing existence of Guantánamo, and to receive updates of our activiti ...
  • Guantánamo Hunger Strike: Nabil Hadjarab Tells ...
    Yesterday, I wrote about a motion submitted to the District Court in Washington D.C. by Reprieve, the legal action charity, and Jon B. Eisenberg, an attorney in Oakland, California, on behalf of four prisoners taking part in the prison-wide hunger strike at Guantánamo that is about to enter its ...

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Sciencebase

  • Why your personal CAM story is not evidence
    Your regular doc was ignoring your symptoms or told you to take a couple of aspirin and come back if the problem persists, so you headed to a practitioner who treats you holistically, who understands, who knows what you specifically need for your specific condition. You swallowed their talk of s ...
  • Satisfying your curiosity
    Latest science news in my fortnightly column for Spectroscopynow.com, now online: Steroid infection: Steroids are often injected into sites along the spinal column in treating back pain, but if a batch is contaminated serious infection can arise. Researchers have demonstrated that magnetic reson ...
  • Entrepreneurial mothers push hard
    Mumpreneurs? To Americans, I assume the word is mompreneurs and to English northerners mampreneurs. Either way, the phenomenon of entrepreneur mothers is nothing new. It’s certainly not something that emerged during the web 2.0 explosion when mothers running small businesses and looking af ...
  • Science books for summer
    Brian Clegg – Dice World: Science and Life in a Random Universe. For centuries scientists believed that the universe was a vast machine – with enough detail, you could predict exactly what would happen. Admittedly real life wasn’t like that. But only, they argued, because we di ...
  • Guiding pledge 2.0 dismisses God and the Queen
    Apparently, the Guiding Movement is to upgrade its pledge that all members must make when they join. Currently they vow to: "to love my God, to serve my Queen and my country" That obviously only applies to people of faith and those with a female monarch…and indeed compromises the i ...

Common Dreams -News

  • Gitmo Hunger Strikers to Face 'Force-Feeding F ...
    (Photo: AP)The U.S. government refused Guantanamo Bay detainees' demands for an immediate halt to force-feeding of hunger striking prisoners during Ramadan and vowed to continue this practice through the holy Muslim holiday that starts July 8. ...
  • Hundreds Walk to "Heart of Destruction" for Ta ...
    (Image via Healingwalk.org)Environmental activists, indigenous groups and hundreds of other concerned citizens are heading to the "heart of destruction" in Northern Alberta Friday to conduct a healing ceremony for the land and the people suffering from the toxic and globally devastatin ...
  • 'Not Your Colony': Bolivia Threatens Shutdown ...
    Bolivian President Evo Morales Threatens Closure of U.S. Embassy (Photo: Zuma/Rex)Bolivian President Evo Morales threatened Thursday to shut down the U.S. embassy in his country after a forced re-routing and downing of his plane earlier this week on suspicion that NSA whistleblower Edward Snowd ...
  • Shots Fired in Cairo as 'Friday of Rejection' ...
    Photo via Twitter / Sharif Kouddous (Dead body being taken to a car to be driven away pic.twitter.com/iXBqLRi2fN)Reports surfaced Friday afternoon that the Egyptian military opened fire on large crowds who had gathered in support of the recently ousted Egyptian president Mohamed Morsi. ...
  • Restore the 4th! 'Turning Point' for Opposing ...
    In over a hundred cities across the U.S. and on major websites this July 4th holiday, a grassroots movement is pushing back against newly revealed dragnet spying by the NSA in what may be a "turning point for opposing mass government surveillance." ...

Lifehacker

  • MyControl Remotely Controls Your PC with Custo ...
    Android: There is no shortage of remote control apps for Android. However, if you're a coder that wants to do a bit more, my Control gives you what you need.Read more...    
  • Front-Load Your Work Week to Reduce Stress
    We can only work so much in a week without a day or two of rest before our productivity starts to quickly evaporate. That means we can make it to Friday with a lot to complete and yet very little energy. That leads to stress and—obviously—stress isn't so good for you. The solution? Front-load yo ...
  • Facebook Panda Replaces Bing Maps with Google ...
    Chrome/Firefox: Google's map software is a crowd favorite nearly everywhere online. Everywhere except Facebook that is. If you have a preference for Google's services, Facebook Panda can get your maps back.Read more...    
  • Treat Insect Stings with Ammonia or Vinegar
    This is unfortunately the time of year when bee and wasp stings are more likely to happen. If you get stung by one of these insects, you can relieve the pain with common household supplies.Read more...    
  • How Clutter Affects Your Brain (and What You C ...
    A few years ago, I worked at a web design agency as a product manager. The part of the job I loved the most was working on product with our design team and clients. Unfortunately, this was only about 10 percent of the work that I actually got to do. The majority of the time, I was trying to cont ...

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The Wonk Room

  • Missouri Attorney General Calls For Revival Of ...
    Intent on moving forward with scheduled executions at any price, Missouri Attorney General Chris Koster said this week he would resort to the gas chamber while other methods are tied up in court battle. Koster’s comments are the latest move to push forward executions, as litigation over the huma ...
  • CNBC Host Loses It: Climate Science Is A ‘Bona ...
    On Friday, CNBC anchor Joe Kernen described climate science as a “bona fide cult” of “enviro socialists” in an interview with the former CEO of Shell Oil. Kernen and his guest John Hofmeister laughed off the consequences of climate change and casually dismissed President ...
  • Chinese Officials Ignored Safety Violations, L ...
    Dozens of Chinese public officials were charged Friday with dereliction of duty for failing to inspect the site of a deadly fire that killed 121 in June. The Jilin Baoyuanfeng Poultry Co. plant became China’s worst industrial disaster in five years when a short circuit ignited flammable ma ...
  • Adaptation Or Mitigation? Lessons From Aboliti ...
    By John Sterman What’s the best way to address the risks of climate change?  Mitigation or Adaptation?  Should the world cut greenhouse gas emissions to lower the risks of harm from climate change (mitigation), or should we just get used to it (adaptation), spending to build seawalls, move popul ...
  • Today Show Calls Comedy Sketch’s ‘Bitchy Resti ...
    The TODAY Show is treating a made-up condition as a good reason to get plastic surgery. A few months ago, a comedy group named Broken People released a mock-public service announcement about “bitchy resting face” — a “condition” in which women look mean or unpleasan ...

thwap's schoolyard

  • Unpopular Essays
    That was the title of a collection of essays by Bertrand Russell. (The archives of whom are for some lucky reason, stored at McMaster University in my home town of Hamilton, Ontario.) I think it's also a good title for my blog posts about leftist failure and irrelevance. I used to get lots of a ...
  • Why We Fail
    A big reason why leftists and progressives fail and lose is because the odds are stacked against us. This is a capitalist democracy and capitalists control the media and the political parties. In a system that worships profit maximization above everything else (right Milton Friedman?) human righ ...
  • Pro-Choice in Texas
    A fundamental woman's right is under threat from Texas lawmakers. Consider this: Texas voting districts are heavily gerrymandered to ensure Republican victories. The Texas Speaker of the House ruled that Wendy Davis talking about ultrasounds and Planned Parenthood were off-topic in her filibus ...
  • The Difficulties of Creating a Revolutionary C ...
    I used to have a regular reader/commenter "Todd." In this post and in this post, I explored the idea of building a more revolutionary consciousness out of the distinctly non-revolutionary Canadian general public in a gradualist fashion. I called for a leftist government to transform the decision ...
  • Where the Church Street Neighbourhood is Today
    I'm posting this for a friend. It's her survey of attitudes towards Toronto's Gay Village from the GLBTQ community themselves: "What the Gay Village means today."

Science Express

  • Pollution from Asia Circles Globe at Stratosph ...
    (PhysOrg.com) -- The economic growth across much of Asia comes with a troubling side effect: pollutants from the region are being wafted up to the stratosphere during monsoon season. The new finding, in a study led by scientists at the National Center for Atmospheric Research, provides additiona ...
  • After growth spurt, supermassive black holes s ...
    Supermassive black holes found at the centers of distant galaxies undergo huge growth spurts as a result of galactic collisions, according to a new study by astronomers at Yale University and the University of Hawaii. Their findings appear in the March 25 edition of Science Express.
  • Research team finds structure of 'swine flu' virus
    A team of scientists from The Scripps Research Institute and other institutions has solved the structure of a key protein from the virus that caused last year's "swine flu" influenza epidemic. The structure reveals that the virus shares many features with influenza viruses common in the early 20 ...
  • Lizard moms choose the right genes for the rig ...
    (PhysOrg.com) -- Two Dartmouth biologists have found that brown anole lizards make an interesting choice when deciding which males should father their offspring. The females of this species mate with several males, then produce more sons with sperm from large fathers, and more daughters with spe ...
  • More than One: Long-Reigning Microbe Controlli ...
    (PhysOrg.com) -- Marine scientists long believed that a microbe called Trichodesmium, a member of a group called the cyanobacteria, reigned over the ocean's nitrogen budget.

End Homelessness | Change.org

  • Mississippi Launches Plan To End Child Homeles ...
    Fulfilling the wishes and happiness of children is at the heart of the holiday season. So, now seems particularly timely for Mississippi to launch a new plan to end child homelessness (pdf) in the state.  What better way to set the season of giving in motion than by committing to finding safe an ...
  • Thanksgiving 2.0: Food, Poverty and Telling th ...
    This Thanksgiving, most of us around the country shared a bountiful harvest feast with friends and family. We celebrated all that we are thankful for by gorging ourselves right into a food coma. It's the American way. Unfortunately, it's also the American way to be thankful for all that we have ...
  • Homeless People Wanted: Must Be Open to Demean ...
    What are they thinking? People obviously don't see the homeless as human or they wouldn't attempt to hire them to do most of the insane, demeaning and illegal jobs out there. Here's a small sampling: Rob dead bodies. The Aokigahara forest at the base of Mt. Fuji in Japan is the site of 50 to 100 ...
  • LA Plans to Make Homelessness Go the Way of th ...
    Instead of pretending homelessness doesn't exist, creating new laws to make it illegal to sit or sleep in public, or sending homeless residents on a one-way trip out of town, Los Angeles County may attempt to actually do something about ending homelessness. And the county is setting the bar high ...
  • Don't Let Violence Against the Homeless Go Unp ...
    Despite its economic troubles, Detroit is not known for being kind to the homeless. That's too bad, since there are nearly 10,000 homeless people living there. In October, police say that Steven James Diponio, 54, became so enraged at Charles Duncan, 42, who was homeless and sleeping behind a sc ...

Ceasefire.ca

  • Drones debate is just getting started
    Prime Minister Stephen Harper’s plan for armed drones is not much more than a faint blip on Ottawa’s radar screen, so the recent increase in media coverage on the subject is good news.
  • We need volunteer campaigners
    If you are passionate about making a positive change in the world by helping to ban nuclear weapons then please sign up to be a Ceasefire.ca volunteer campaigner.
  • Amazing Response
    A very generous Ceasefire.ca supporter has offered to match every donation made by other supporters, dollar for dollar, until we reach our goal. That's incredible!
  • The most unreported story in Canada…
    When you put all the pieces together, it’s clear that Harper wants to do a lot more than be able to send commandos, stealth fighters, and drones to fight wars around the world. Now he wants to sell billions in arms internationally, making Canada a global weapons dealer.
  • Spy allies seek to Master the Internet
    Britain's electronic spy agency, Government Communications Headquarters, and its American counterpart, the National Security Agency, are working together to "Master the Internet". Is the Communications Security Establishment Canada involved too?

Kevin Trudeau Show

  • The Bitter Truth…
    Well, you’ve asked for it and NaturalCures.com has done it! The NaturalCures.com team has written a no-holds barred, in-depth, special 130-page exposé on the deadly artificial sweetener, aspartame, and it is on sale now. The report, Aspartame, The Bitter Truth tells you all you need to kno ...
  • The Kevin Trudeau Show: 5-18-13
    Today, Kevin exposes the evil that lurks within the government and explains how riding your bike without a license or registration may be considered illegal one day. Self Help: Reprogram Your Brain Be Prepared! See KT Live! Health: FDA Pulls 500 Cold Medicines From the Market FDA Knew About Safe ...
  • The Kevin Trudeau Show: 2-23-13
    Today, the star of Ancient Aliens and publisher of Legendary Times Magazine, Giorgio Tsoukalos, joins Kevin for the entire hour and explains the facts and evidence that aliens have visited Earth.  Find out how the technology that they used surpasses our modern technology and how it would be impo ...
  • The Kevin Trudeau Show: 3-2-13
    Today, Kevin explains why America has become the land of free lunches instead of the land of opportunity. Plus, turn off the news and put down the newspapers, Kevin gives you the FACTS behind the HCG Protocol. Self Help: The Weight Loss Cure HCG Weight Loss Miracle Get 3 of KT’s Books FREE! HCG ...
  • The Kevin Trudeau Show: 3-9-13
    Today, Kevin explains why most people will not be successful in network marketing.  Plus, Princess stops by the show to reveal secrets “Kevin” doesn’t want you to know about! Self Help: Maximize Your Downline Success Training Lose A Pound A Day! Government: Wisconsin Fight: Bill Limiting Unions ...

Armies of Liberation

  • Hadi appoints new SCER
    On Monday Yemen’s interim president Mansour Abdo Hadi named several judges to the Supreme Commission on Elections and Referendum (SCER).  The SCER is responsible for the technical aspects of elections and has a pivotal role in maintaining or subverting the integrity of electi ...
  • High risk US embassy in Yemen gets Marine rein ...
    High risk US embassy in Yemen gets Marine reinforcements as protests continue by Jane Novak An elite Marine rapid response team arrived in Yemen’s capital to protect the US embassy there which remains vulnerable and in disrepair following a mob attack this week. Protests against a video clip dee ...
  • State Department ends Yemen arms embargo
    Without much fanfare or explanation, the US State Department revised its defense export policy on Yemen and will now consider applications for licenses to export lethal defense articles to Yemen. The July 3, 2012 Federal Register notice updates the US International Traffic in Arms Regulations (I ...
  • Yemen’s Al-Qaeda booby traps southern ci ...
    Several children were among 25 people killed by land mines planted as al Qaeda fled Yemen’s southern province of Abyan, the Yemen Executive Mine Action Center (YEMAC) said on Sunday. Reporting to Abyan’s governor, the YEMAC said it had cleared or exploded over 2100 shells and mines since June 13 ...
  • Yemen’s al Qaeda threatens to execute 73 hostages
    Al Qaeda in Yemen threatened to execute 73 captured Yemeni soldiers unless the terror group’s imprisoned comrades are released. “Executing prisoners is a serious violation of the laws of war and a war crime,” Human Rights Watch said in a statement today. “It is also a war crime to use detainees ...

Dark Politricks

  • Forcing Down the Bolivian President’s Plane Wa ...
    Dark Politricks Feed View the latest alternative news at DarkPolitricks.comForcing Down the Bolivian Presidents Plane Was an Act of Piracy Antiwar.comJohn Pilger Imagine the aircraft of the President of France being forced down in Latin America on "suspicion" that it was carrying a poli ...
  • Revelations on the French Big Brother
    Dark Politricks Feed View the latest alternative news at DarkPolitricks.comRevelations on the French Big Brother By Veterans TodayThursday, July 4th, 2013 Revelations on the French Big Brother View the original about Revelations on the French Big Brother at Veterans TodayCheck out all the best ...
  • People-Powered Coup Is No Setback For Democrac ...
    Dark Politricks Feed View the latest alternative news at DarkPolitricks.comPeople-Powered Coup Is No Setback For Democracy In Egypt disquietreservations.blogspot.co.ukBy Saman Mohammadi Source of photo. The word democracy has been thrown around a lot in relation to the recent explosive events i ...
  • July 4th – A Celebration Or A Memorial Service?
    Dark Politricks Feed View the latest alternative news at DarkPolitricks.comSimon Black Sovereign Man July 4, 2013 Amid all the barbecues and fireworks today in the Land of the Free, it may be worth a short pause to remember the words of Thomas Jefferson some 237-years ago: We hold these truths ...
  • Restore the Fourth: Nationwide anti-NSA spying ...
    Dark Politricks Feed View the latest alternative news at DarkPolitricks.comRussia Todayyoutube.com An anti-NSA surveillance nationwide protest and online campaign was triggered on Thursday. It aimed to restore the Fourth Amendment of the Bill of Rights, which protects US citizens from "unre ...

Dandelion Salad

  • Forcing Down the Bolivian President’s Pl ...
    Dandelion Salad by John Pilger johnpilger.com 4 July 2013 Imagine the aircraft of the President of France being forced down in Latin America on “suspicion” that it was carrying a political refugee to safety – and not just any refugee but someone who has provided the people of t ...
  • Europe Cravenly Colluding with US in Criminali ...
    by Finian Cunningham Writer, Dandelion Salad East Africa Crossposted from PressTV July 4, 2013 It is hard to know which is the more outrageous: the US government’s forced landing this week of the Bolivian President Evo Morales’ official jet in Europe; or the European authorities’ compliance with ...
  • Put Away The Flags by Howard Zinn (2006; repost)
    Repost from July 3, 2010 by Howard Zinn Writer, Dandelion Salad crossposted at The Progressive (2006) July 4, 2013 On this July 4, we would do well to renounce nationalism and all its symbols: its flags, its pledges of allegiance, its anthems, its insistence in song that God must single out Amer ...
  • Untold Truths About the American Revolution By ...
    Repost from July 4, 2009 by Howard Zinn Writer, Dandelion Salad Excerpt from The Progressive July 3, 2009 July 4, 2013 There are things that happen in the world that are bad, and you want to do something about them. You have a just cause. But our culture is so war prone that we immediately […]
  • Military Coup Underway in Egypt, Tanks Deploye ...
    Dandelion Salad RussiaToday on Jul 3, 2013 Some parts of the Egyptian army have reportedly been put on high alert status – as the military’s ultimatum for President Morsi to resolve the violent crisis has now passed. Fresh clashes between government supporters and anti-Islamist prote ...

Your New Reality

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    Only A Few Weeks Ago, Rupert Murdoch Was Still King Of The World A glimpse at life before the hacking scandal, from the UK Independent : It was only a few weeks ago that Rupert, his son James, daughter Elisabeth and Rebekah Brooks were the talk of the town; hailed as the king-makers to the pol ...
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    Julian Assange, 2012: They've ranked him amongst war criminals....for exposing war criminals.
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    This man's brain comprehends in a fraction of a second what is about to happen, and orders his body into what looks like a superhuman sprint to get out of the way. The flight mechanism kicks in so fast the conscious mind, distracted by thoughts of work, home, leisure and love, plays no role in t ...
  • No title
    Tupac Rises Well, fuck me.... From even a few dozen rows back, reportedly, the hologram of Tupac was utterly believable. How long before a Michael Jackson hologram culled from his greatest live performances is touring the world's stadiums? I've been waiting decades to see holographic tech ...
  • No title
    Hypnotic, grin-making. A house filled with interactive reproductions of classic art, coming soon: Starry Night (interactive animation) from Petros Vrellis on Vimeo.

Wired - Science

  • Why Charcoal Grilling Is Better Than Gas Grill ...
    Flavor and taste are not the same thing. What charcoal brings to the BBQ party is a healthy heaping of aroma compounds, the other half of the power couple that is flavor. In fact, aroma might be the super starlet ...    
  • Wired Space Photo of the Day: Galactic Twins
    Looking towards the constellation of Triangulum (The Triangle), in the northern sky, lies the galaxy pair MRK 1034. The two very similar galaxies, named PGC 9074 and PGC 9071, are close enough to one another to be bound together by ...    
  • Wired Space Photo of the Day: Red, White, and ...
    This spectacular group of young stars is the open star cluster NGC 3766 in the constellation of Centaurus (The Centaur). Very careful observations of these stars by a group from the Geneva Observatory using the Swiss 1.2-metre Leonhard Euler Telescope ...    
  • Your Town’s Fireworks Suck Compared to the Sun ...
    With 4th of July around the corner, Americans are preparing to watch spectacular fireworks displays around the country. But you know who does really amazing pyrotechnics? The sun! In this gallery, we take a look at some of the best ...    
  • Wired Space Photo of the Day: Earth Full of Clouds
    ESA astronaut Luca Parmitano is spending six months on the International Space Station conducting experiments and keeping the orbital outpost running with five colleague astronauts.    

Israeli Occupation Archive

  • Aisha Mershani: Palestine photo project – 10 y ...
    Ten years ago, Aisha Mershani began a project to document the lives of everyday Palestinians non-violently resisting Israeli occupation. Since 2003, she have photographed and gathered testimonies... The Israeli Occupation Archive (IOA) covers Israel's military occupation of Palestinian land ...
  • Aisha Mershani: Palestine photo project – 10 y ...
    Ten years ago, Aisha Mershani began a project to document the lives of everyday Palestinians non-violently resisting Israeli occupation. Since 2003, she have photographed and gathered testimonies... The Israeli Occupation Archive (IOA) covers Israel's military occupation of Palestinian land ...
  • Noam Chomsky: American University of Beirut co ...
    If Palestine ever does gain independence in something like the terms of the overwhelming international consensus, it is likely that its borders with Israel will erode through normal processes of... The Israeli Occupation Archive (IOA) covers Israel's military occupation of Palestinian lands ...
  • Jonathan Cook: How Israeli apartheid is coming ...
    While Israeli prime minister Benjamin Netanyahu and his allies on the far right were castigating an amusement park called Superland for separating Jewish and Arab children, they were busy backing a... The Israeli Occupation Archive (IOA) covers Israel's military occupation of Palestinian la ...
  • Noam Chomsky on secret trade deals, killing po ...
    Noam Chomsky on the Turkish protests around Taksim Square: The very brave people in Taksim Square are trying to protect the very last remnants of the commons from the wrecking block... That's... The Israeli Occupation Archive (IOA) covers Israel's military occupation of Palestinian lands, n ...

Ria Novosti - Military

  • China Unveils Yi Long UAV
    China has unveiled for the first time its Yi Long unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) local media reported on Wednesday, which its makers claim is far cheaper than its Israeli and American analogs at less than $1 million.
  • Airshow China 2012
  • Iraq Denies US Pressure Over Russia Arms Deal
    Iraq denied on Tuesday that its decision to suspend a $4.2-billion arms deal with Russia had been taken after consultations with the United States.
  • Military Academy Relocation Put on Ice
    Russian Defense Minister Sergei Shoigu has put on hold the relocation of a medical academy from central St. Petersburg, Public Chamber member Alexander Kanshin said on Tuesday.
  • Georgia Ex-Minister Faces Torture Charges
    Georgia’s former defense and interior minister Bacho Akhalaya has been charged with false imprisonment and torture, Chief Prosecutor Archil Kbilashvili said on Tuesday.

Pruning Shears

  • Adventures in cord cutting
    A few weeks ago the reception on my satellite TV service mysteriously went kaput. I put in a service request and the company said the earliest anyone could get out was in a week. This gave us some time to live without any traditional broadcast television, and after a few days we were getting a ...
  • Yes, Congress and the president are responsibl ...
    There is an emerging theme on the left that the true blame for our metastasized domestic spying programs lies with the American people. John Cole put it bluntly (via): “No, you want to see the villain, look in the mirror.” Charles Pierce was a little more diplomatic:You can argue & ...
  • Transcripts and audio from ODNR information se ...
    INTERVIEW Dan: One of my big concerns is the failure of these wells. I’ve got just a page printed out, this is about a 125 page report from MIT. This page just mentions the problems with some of the causes of failures in wells. And then this is a more intensive study from Pro Publica, a ...
  • ODNR meets with public on Nelson wells
    Last summer the Ohio Department of Natural Resources (ODNR) announced plans to approve seven toxic fracking waste injection wells for a single site in our county. Many citizens were alarmed by this, and at the time I posted on some of our fruitless attempts to get ODNR (in the person of geologi ...
  • DRM for e-books: Repeating history, not learni ...
    The music business was probably the first big segment of the entertainment industry to need to figure out the Internet. Napster forced the industry to think about it because Napster’s original version used peer-to-peer technology, which allowed users share their own music files and copy o ...

Organic Consumers.org

  • How We Can Wrench Independence from the Corpor ...
    "Within a few years we are going to have more people off the surface of this planet more often, and we’ll have to determine value in that new environment.” —Jill Tarter, chairwoman of the SETI Institute, CNN Money, June 27, 2013 Do we write words of mourning? Or, do we write words of resistance ...
  • Glenn Greenwald: Top Officials Are Lying to Ou ...
    The NSA revelations continue to expose far more than just the ongoing operations of that sprawling and unaccountable spying agency. Let's examine what we have learned this week about the US political and media class and then certain EU leaders.Click here to read this article
  • Many Veterans Suffering from Diseases Linked t ...
    Forty years after the last U.S. troops left Vietnam, military veterans continue to tussle with the Department of Veterans Affairs over whether they should be compensated for their exposure to the herbicide and defoliant Agent Orange. Under Secretary Eric Shinseki, himself a Vietnam veteran, the ...
  • Key Summit Set in Genetically Modified Food La ...
    Major players in the food industry have scheduled a crucial meeting for next week that could become a turning point in the regulatory battle over genetically modified foods. Challenges to the use of biotechnology have created an “unprecedented period of turmoil” for food producers, the Grocery ...
  • Is It Time To Acknowledge Roundup Herbicide As ...
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Center for a Livable Future

  • A Milestone: Worldwide Aquaculture Output Surp ...
    It is projected that aquaculture yields will exceed edible seafood from wild fisheries in the next couple of years.
  • CLF Week in Links: Obesity, Oceans, Meat, and More
    Once we understood the harmful effects of tobacco, policymakers kicked in with higher tobacco taxes, smoking restrictions in public places, limitations on advertising, and so forth. Substitute sweetened beverages, calorically dense fast food, sugar- and fat-laden processed foods and snacks for t ...
  • A Faith that Produces Food
    The City of Baltimore provided the land, Big City Farms provided the farming expertise, and Newborn Ministries provided the personnel, community connection, overarching project focus, and the farm name.
  • Meat Consumption and Climate Change: Which NGO ...
    The study, published in this week’s issue of Climatic Change, examined the meat consumption reduction efforts of three types of NGOs—environmental, food-focused, and animal-protection—in the U.S., Canada, and Sweden.
  • Harvard researchers raise another red flag ove ...
    While this study is observational and does not prove causation, it does provide stronger evidence that red meat consumption raises the risk of diabetes, a disease that affects almost 26 million adults and children in the U.S.

Investigate - Breaking News

My Care2 Picks

  • Al-Nusra Front Leader in Syria is a CIA Operative
    Former al-Qaeda member Sheikh Nabil Naiim, historical leader of the Islamic Jihad movement in Egypt, has released astounding video testimony - also identified al-Qaeda leader Ayman al-Zawahiri as a US double agent Submitted by John Farnham to US Politics & Gov't  |   Not ...
  • Is GE Food Making Pigs Sick?
    An article published in the most recent issue of Journal of Organic Systems sheds light on the effects of GE food on animals. The study examined pigs during their entire lifespan of 22.7 weeks and also had a large sample size Submitted by John Farnham to Science & Tech  |   N ...
  • USDA Organic Infant Formula Contains Pesticide ...
    the nutritional adequacy of infant formula it not determined by its ability to support and produce health in those who receive it, Infant formula contributes to or causes 57 adverse health conditions, Submitted by John Farnham to Health & Wellness  |   Note-it!  |  &nb ...
  • MILITARIZING SPACE BLOCKS DISARMAMENT TALKS
    Downlink stations in Sweden and Norway are tied into US military operations. Obama is expanding "missile defense" systems to surround Russia. Russians note the creation of non-nuclear precision weapons and the possibility of deploying weapons in space Submitted by John Farnham to US Politics & ...
  • Disabled workers paid just pennies an hour an ...
    Critics cry exploitation as a federal loophole allows companies to pay thousands of disabled workers across the country far less than the minimum wage. Harry Smith's full report airs Friday, June 21 at 10pm/9CDT on NBC's Rock Center with Brian Williams. Submitted by Theodore Shayne to Business ...

Farm Wars

  • Government Will Not Save You From Corporations
    Most excess power of corporations is provided and granted by government and that government seeks partnership with corporations and shares in the profits. This "public-private partnership" is so advanced that the public interest is no longer a primary concern of government. Government is now a f ...
  • Farmer Hershberger Seeks Full Vindication in R ...
    Farm-to-Consumer Legal Defense Fund Files Appeal in Wisconsin Raw Milk Case.
  • Klamath Basin Water Shutoff – Leaving Livestoc ...
    Everyone above Klamath lake is getting turned off. Modoc irrigation district got turned off a few days ago. Most of Sprague has already been turned off, any that are still using surface water will soon be. All of Fort Klamath area will be turned off. It is not just irrigators either. I hear that ...
  • Oregon SB 633 Set to Halt Local GMO Bans
    While everyone is focused on labeling GMOs instead of banning them, Monsanto is hard at work making sure that local communities and counties are prohibited from banning the planting of GMOs. The state version of the Monsanto Protection Act just past the Oregon Senate.
  • A Letter to the New World Order: Dear Bill Gates
    While the mainstream media was busy making jokes about Bill Gates paying $100,000 to have someone design a modern condom like it was just the cutest thing ever, he was also paying some guy in Arizona to test contraceptive vaccines in the form of an oral bait that sterilizes rats...

True/Slant Headline Grabs

Citizens for Legitimate Government

  • U.S. Postal Service Logging All Mail for Law E ...
    ShareThisU.S. Postal Service Logging All Mail for Law Enforcement 04 Jul 2013 As the world focuses on the high-tech spying of the National Security Agency, the misplaced card offers a rare glimpse inside the seemingly low-tech but prevalent snooping of the United States Postal Service. A longt ...
  • Man with guns, explosive devices arrested in S ...
    ShareThisMan with guns, explosive devices arrested in Seattle 05 Jul 2013 Law enforcement is investigating a Nevada man who was driving a stolen pickup truck that contained a cache of dangerous weapons. The man, who was arrested Wednesday night near the University of Washington in Seattle, ha ...
  • Iceland proposes citizenship for Snowden
    ShareThisIceland proposes citizenship for Snowden 04 Jul 2013 Lawmakers introduced a proposal Thursday to grant immediate citizenship to Edward Snowden, who admits to leaking key details of U.S. surveillance activities. Ogmundur Jonasson of the liberal Left-Green Party put the issue before th ...
  • Man arrested in stolen truck carrying weapons, ...
    ShareThisMan arrested in stolen truck carrying weapons, explosives, body armor in Seattle 04 Jul 2013 The FBI and Seattle authorities were investigating a Nevada man who was arrested after he was spotted on the University of Washington campus in a stolen truck carrying multiple explosive devic ...
  • Rerouted Morales plane has South American lead ...
    ShareThisRerouted Morales plane has South American leaders irate 05 Jul 2013 President Evo Morales warned on Thursday that he could close the U.S. Embassy in Bolivia, as South America's leftist leaders rallied to support him after his presidential plane was rerouted amid suspicions that NSA leak ...

Daily Loaf

  • 5 books that are sure to heat up your kitchen life
    I like to read — a lot. I could make lists counting the hundreds of books that make great reads. Unfortunately, we don’t have the time and you may not have the attention span for that. To keep it short and sweet, here’s a list of five books that I feel add depth and meaning [...]
  • Beer Review: Victory Hop Devil/Victory Hop Wallop
    Victory Brewing Company opened up fifteen years ago in Downingtown, Pennsylvania, but only recently entered the Florida market.  With such beers as their highly touted Prima Pils and Storm King Stout, Victory has earned a rightful place among the respected craft brewers in the United States.  St ...
  • D’s nuts: Rays’ crazy defense feeds hitting, p ...
    Tampa Bay took the series victory against the Chicago with the win, getting back to .500 and improving to 2 games back in the American League East division. Rays look for sweep tomorrow.
  • Interview with Michael Foley about the Florida ...
    The Florida Dance Festival provides a springboard for raw talent and fresh ideas.
  • Just plain cheesy: Celebrate National Grilled ...
    April is National Grilled Cheese Month: an entire four weeks devoted to the American classic. The following sandwich recipe is from cheese expert and author Laura Werlin’s book, Great Grilled Cheese.

Vaccine Resistance Movement

  • VRM: The Confidenti​al Case-files of GlaxoSmit ...
      The Vaccine Industry measures human life in terms of the percentages of profits to be gained. They achieve this end by routinely skewing preliminary vaccine trial data; subsequently burying or denying reports of vaccine-derived neurological trauma & neuro-developmental disorders affil ...
  • VRM: Mandatory Vaccinatio​ns – How They ...
    The modern healthcare system, like any powerful corporation, is designed to favor those who acquiesce with their rules & regulations; likewise to weed out & alienate those who do not fall into line with the rest of the “herd”. The entire cesspool of Western Allopathic Medicine, fueled by ...
  • VRM: The A,B,C’s of Respiratory Health
    Typically those living in the West are annually starved of the life-giving UVA Ultra-violet light rays (which manifest as the steroid hormone Vitamin D3) throughout the entire duration of Winter & early Spring. As a result the Lymphocytes in their lungs cannot process Vitamin C & E, whic ...
  • VRM: Weaponized Polio & The African Green Monk ...
    According to a groundbreaking, controversial report, released in 1961 in the wake of the Salk & Sabin Polio vaccine debacle, Medical researchers identified that ‘all primary monkey kidney may contain one or more latent viruses whose characteristic cytopathology becomes evident when such tiss ...
  • VRM: World Health Organization Mafia – L ...
    ‘The prospect of domination of the nation’s scholars by Federal employment, project allocations, and the power of money is ever present – and is gravely to be regarded. Yet, in holding scientific research and discovery in respect, as we should, we must also be alert to the equal and ...

B.C. Preppers Network

  • You Know You're Getting Old When...
    A few weeks back we received our new high-efficiency front loading LG washer and dryer set and I have to say, I'm pretty impressed by them. The set was only around $1000 (on sale) but I felt like I'd gone from a Chevette to a Cadillac when compared to our old set.  A cute little luxur ...
  • Control Your Home Thermostat On the Internet!
    Today a fellow from our natural gas company came by to install a new thermostat as part of the Peaksaver program that we signed up for. If you haven't heard of Peaksaver, basically what it does is allow the Ontario government electricity provider to turn off your central air conditi ...
  • Happy Day!: The Water Bill Arrived!
    After being shocked a few months ago with a water bill of over $240 I decided to do a few things to cut down on our water use We converted our main toilet to a dual-flush and installed a water saving device on the second (haven't switched it over to a dual yet). We also installed a new ...
  • Strawberry Picking
    Our family went strawberry picking this morning, it's a fun thing to do once in a while and I think it's a good way to help our 3-year old daughter realize where food comes from. While my wife picked berries with our oldest I went for a walk around the farm with our youngest in the stroller ...
  • Pioneer Solar: PV System For Free?
    I received a flyer from Pioneer Solar in the mail the other day which claims to help people get a solar system installed on their house, farm, or business for free. Sounds too good to be true, right? Well, like most things there's good and bad points about it and what might be a good deal fo ...

Michael Yon

The Killing Train

  • The Ossington Circle: Episode 1, John Clarke o ...
    A new internet talk show begins! The Ossington Circle is hosted by Justin Podur in Toronto. A news and politics show, tOC will have fascinating guests discussing international (and local) politics from a thoughtful, informed, and progressive perspective. This week we have John Clarke from the On ...
  • Waiting for 2014 in Afghanistan
    An 11-minute mini-documentary about Afghanistan's perils and prospects. Filmed in Kabul, Afghanistan in March 2013. Features Members of Parliament Ramazon Bashardost and Shukria Barackzai.
  • India: Struggle for Indigenous Autonomy
    A mini-documentary based on a March 9/13 interview with Adivasi Mahasabha General Secretary Manish Kunjam. Conducted in Dantewada in the middle of a march for tribal autonomy.
  • My Red Wedding Story
    SPOILER ALERT: This article, like many of my conversations, contains massive spoilers about George R R Martin's A Song of Ice and Fire books and the HBO Game of Thrones series. I was handed George R R Martin's Game of Thrones in 1997, by a friend who has recommended many of the books I've read o ...
  • Eleven things India must change in Kashmir
    http://kafila.org/2013/05/28/eleven-things-india-must-do-in-kashmir-justin-podur/ read more

treehugger

  • Wimoto wireless sensor system now offers motio ...
    With the addition of two new sensors, and a tripling of the battery life, Wimoto is making it easier than ever to monitor your environment.
  • The first decade of 21st century was warmest s ...
    The World Meteorological Organization just released its Global Climate Report , which reports that “The first decade of the 21st century was the warmest decade recorded since modern measurements began around 1850.”
  • World's biggest offshore wind farm officially ...
    That's it. After years and years, it's finally officially done. Phase I of the London Array, the world's biggest offshore wind farm with its 175 Siemens 3.6MW turbines rated at a combined capacity of 630MW, is officially open.
  • Full Planet, Empty Plates: Chapter 4. Food or ...
    The massive diversion of grain to fuel cars has helped drive up food prices, leaving low-income consumers everywhere to suffer some of the most severe food price inflation in history.
  • Turtles stop turbines!
    People in rural Ontario don't like wind turbines much, but they sure like the Blandings Turtle for stopping a big wind project.

Democratic Voice of Burma

Telegraph - Climate Change

ReDress News

  • Has Israel groveller David Miliband changed hi ...
    Stuart Littlewood is surprised at the invitation by a pro-Palestinian medical charity to former UK Foreign Secretary David Miliband - a proven groveller to Israel - to speak at its annual fundraising gala.
  • IMPORTANT: OUR WEBSITE IS CHANGING
    Redress Information & Analysis is moving to www.redressonline.com. From now on we will publish new articles on www.redressonline.com only and, in the meantime, we will transfer important long-shef-life articles from our old website to the new one.
  • What might Netanyahu do if Romney's defeat bec ...
    Alan Hart examines whether Israeli Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu is mad enough to order an attack on Iran in what remains of Obama’s first term without the president’s blessing and American participation.
  • Israel's Salafi foot soldiers in the wake of a ...
    Nureddin Sabir argues that Israel must bear responsibility for creating the climate that gave rise to the anti-Islam film "Innocence of Muslims". But it is Israel's Salafi and Wahhabi foot soldiers behind the violent protests across the Arab and Muslim worlds who may eventually bring Arabs and M ...
  • Anti-Islam film: free speech or inciting to riot?
    Lawrence Davidson argues that outage against the anti-Muhammad film "Innocence of Muslims" "has exposed the deep vein of anger against the United States that runs through the Muslim world", but doubts that American leaders would have the courage and foresight to re-examine the policies and behav ...

Amazon Rainforest

  • Peru police clashes with illegal gold miners: ...
    Thousands of illegal gold miners battled police for control of a regional capital in the Amazon basin on Wednesday and at least three people were killed by gunfire.  Outnumbered riot police fired tear gas against miners who wielded clubs and rocks and tried to seize strategic facilities in Puert ...
  • Brazil to Dilma: Fulfill campaign promise!
      The Forest Code is dwindling, and with it the Brazilian forests. Soon to be voted in the House, the text that distorts the country’s main environmental law was the target of a demonstration today in Brasilia, which brought together social movements and environmental groups, asking the Pr ...
  • European energy corporation plans to flood Rai ...
    Spanish energy cooperation Endesa (subsidiary enterprise of the Italian Enel cooperation) is builiding a giant hydro-electric power plant next to the River Magdalena, Colombia- The construction work has started today- the protest camps of the local farmers and fishermen have been evacuated by fo ...
  • Plastic eating Fungi discovered in Amazon Rain ...
    The group of students, part of Yale’s annual Rainforest Expedition and Laboratory with molecular biochemistry professor Scott Strobel, ventured to the jungles of Ecuador. The mission was to allow “students to experience the scientific inquiry process in a comprehensive and creative way.&#8 ...
  • Justice for 8year girl burned alive by loggers ...
    Loggers in Brazil captured an eight-year-old girl from one of the Amazon’s last uncontacted tribes and burned her alive as part of a ‘campaign’ to force the indigenous population from its land! Sign Petition and share: http://www.thepetitionsite.com/takeaction/813/288/541/ The ...

Sibel Edmonds' Boiling Frogs

  • The New Great Game Round Up- July 5, 2013
    Uyghurs Fighting in Syria, Central Asia’s Terror Threat & More! The Great Game Round-Up brings you the latest newsworthy developments regarding Central Asia and the Caucasus region. We document the struggle for influence, power, hegemony and profits in Central Asia and the Caucasus region be ...
  • Global Power Project, Part 4: Banking on Influ ...
    Meet the Elites at the Biggest & Most Connected Bank In May, JPMorgan Chase was listed as the largest bank in the world with assets at roughly $4 trillion — some $1.53 trillion of it in derivatives. This was reported a month after the announcement that the bank had posted a record first-quar ...
  • A few Minutes of Reflection this 4th of July
    “I hereby declare, on oath, that I will support and defend the Constitution and laws of the United States of America against all enemies, foreign and domestic”- Naturalization Oath of Allegiance to the USA During this celebratory holiday please take a few minutes to read our Declaration of Indep ...
  • Jamiol Presents
  • BFP Select Nightly News & Editorials- July 3, 2013
    Please help us continue this work. We do not have foundation bosses or fund-ers. We do not serve the corporate fund-ers by being their advertisement platform-stage. We solely depend on you and your direct support. Please support this home of the irate minority, and thank you for all you do: Supp ...

Afro Spear

Tikun Olam

  • Egypt’s Coup
    No sooner do you write something you think may be definitive in terms of expressing your views about a particular Middle Eastern country, than circumstances change radically and you must revise your thinking entirely. A few days ago, I delivered a talk here in Seattle on the Syrian Revolution wh ...
  • The Further Fictions and Half-Truths of Mossad ...
    I wrote a blog post last month about a Canadian Christian who emigrated to Israel in the 1980s and joined the Mossad (or so he claimed).  He wrote the book, The Volunteer under the pseudonym, Michael Ross.  Over the past weeks, a flurry of Twitter correspondence has exposed the rather seamy side ...
  • Israel and Arab Spring: “Do Not Ask for Whom t ...
    Several reporters have written lately about the rightist Israeli government’s misapprehension of the Arab Spring.  They note that instead of calling it “Arab Spring,” ideologues like current defense minister, Bogie Yaalon, called it the “Islamic Winter.”  Further, t ...
  • Egyptian Intelligence Collaborated with Mossad ...
    I recently reported that a Gazan, Wael Abu Rida, was kidnapped by the Mossad last week in the Sinai.  He’d gone to Egypt with his wife to seek medical attention for his child.  Reuters reported that he received a phone call from an unnamed individual he knew that caused him to leave his fa ...
  • Rouhani’s Promising First Speech as President- ...
    Pres.-elect Hassan Rouhani gave his first speech in that capacity and it was, like his own election, a stunner.  Stunningly moderate.  Compared to the past eight years it was like standing in a blazing desert as a monsoon rain washed overhead.  The new leader hit all the right notes and offered ...

If Americans Knew

  • NPR Watch: Linda Gradstein Has Done It Again o ...
    NPR's reporter Linda Gradstein has done it again. She has managed to take a "must report" story on Israeli-Palestinian relations -- the new report by B'Tselem on the non-combatants, including children, killed by the Israeli military during the Israeli attack on Gaza -- and report it in a manner ...
  • Documentary Video: Shooting the Messenger
    This documentary on the deliberate killing and intimidation of journalists in conflict zones, examines how international reporters became targets.
  • Impressions of Israeli Executions in the West Bank
    Much planning had gone into our family vacation in Israel-Palestine. We could spare only the last two weeks of 2009, and so had developed an uncompromising itinerary for each day, allowing a mere half-day to recover from jet lag from our trip from California. After devoting most of the first wee ...
  • Calling Bono: Your Palestinian Gandhis Exist . ...
    In your recent column in the New York Times, "Ten for the Next Ten," you wrote: "I'll place my hopes on the possibility -- however remote at the moment -- that...people in places filled with rage and despair, places like the Palestinian territories, will in the days ahead find among them their G ...
  • Noam Chomsky and the pro-Israel lobby: Fourtee ...
    Noam Chomsky has been called the US leading intellectual by pundits and even some sectors of the mass media. He has a large audience throughout the world especially in academic circles, in large part because of his vocal criticism of US foreign policy and many of the injustices resulting from t ...

David J. Gregory

  • Donation will give you ACCESS TO PRIVATE AREA!
    http://www.facebook.com/widgets/like.php?href=https://davidjgregory.wordpress.com/2012/06/16/donation-will-give-you-access-to-private-area/ As our private area grows with more and more data, it becomes more and more desirable. A donation will give you access to this area where not only will you ...
  • BIG NEWS Obama Threatens VETO CISPA
    Big news. President Obama is threatening to veto CISPA, the bill that could give the government and big companies limitless powers to spy on us online. The President has folded on a lot of things in the past, but finally, yes finally, there is hope, the tide maybe changing, from the GOP Corporat ...
  • The Eye On Citrus Show
    http://www.facebook.com/widgets/like.php?href=https://davidjgregory.wordpress.com/2012/01/17/the-eye-on-citrus-show/ Our latest radio show is up, talking about the GOP Forum held in Crystal River this past Saturday, Jan 14, 2010. The two non-fiction books relating the dark and illegal deeds of t ...
  • Jesse Ventura, 63 Documents the Government Doe ...
    http://www.facebook.com/widgets/like.php?href=https://davidjgregory.wordpress.com/2012/01/07/jesse-ventura-63-documents-the-government-does-not-want-you-to-read/ EyeOnCitrus.com is proud to announce that Jesse Ventura, newest book, 63 Documents The Government Doesn’t Want you to read, is availab ...
  • What side are you on?
    As a Thanksgiving deadline nears for action by the powerful congressional committee on deficit reduction, Bernie sounded an alarm over reports that Social Security, Medicare and Medicaid may be cut. "The American people have been very clear. They understand how important Social Security, Med ...

Lawyers,Guns,& Money

  • We may contain multitudes, but there are limits
    In the comments of one of Other Scott’s recent posts, the tired discussion about whether we’re contractually obligated to agree with each other arose. We’re not. Nor are we obligated to write about whatever your pet issue happens to be. I say this because I don’t know wha ...
  • Republicans v. Democracy: The Perpetual Cycle
    The central question that emerges–and it is not a parliamentary question or a question that is answered by meerely consulting a catalog of the rights of American citizens, born Equal–is whether the White community in the South is entitled to take such measures as are necessary to pre ...
  • More on the Transparent Indefensibility of She ...
    The reviews for John Roberts’s performance in striking down the Voting Rights Act keep coming! The decision cutting the heart out of the Voting Rights Act was also 5-to-4, but this time along more familiar lines, with Kennedy joining the court’s most conservative four justices. Chief ...
  • The Ongoing Importance of the Bork Defeat
    Good point by Jeff Toobin: The Supreme Court’s embrace of gay rights last week had an almost serene majesty. The obvious correctness of the Court’s judgment, its curt dismissal of a monstrous injustice, had a grandeur that requires little elaboration. Yet the decision had its roots in something ...
  • Improving the Human Condition
    In comments to the Pinochet post, somethingblue points us to the University of Denver honoring George W. Bush for “improving the human condition.” Not surprisingly, some people at the university have just a slight disagreement with this choice. Not former Bush hack Christopher Hill o ...

Desert Research Institute

  • Desert Research Institute contributes to ongoi ...
    Using a dust detection device patented by Desert Research Institute scientists, Dr. Vic Etyemezian and George Nikolich have the ability to identify how “Valley Fever,” a devastating fungus called Coccidioides, spreads.
  • Nyssa Perryman, June 2013 Featured DRI Graduat ...
    Meet Nyssa Perryman, a Ph.D. student working in Atmospheric Sciences as a part of the Climate Modeling Team. Her research focus is understanding how global climate models, when transformed and applied to the complex terrain of the Western U.S., characterize atmospheric rivers and their cons ...
  • DRI Annual Convocation – Honoring our research ...
    Today the Desert Research Institute took time to celebrate the success of its faculty and students during its Annual Convocation event. Eleven awards were presented to scientific researchers and graduate students on behalf of the Nevada System of Higher Education Board of Regents, DRI’s donors a ...
  • In memory of Carl Young
    The DRI family was saddened to learn over the weekend of the passing of Carl Young, a former graduate assistant at DRI and graduate of the University of Nevada, Reno.
  • Microbiologist at the Desert Research Institut ...
    Dr. Duane Moser, Environmental Microbiologist explores the habitat of the rare Devils Hole Pupfish, a species believed to be somewhere between 10,000 to 20,000 years old.

Earth Techling

National Law Journal | U.S.

How Shall We Do The Mountain ?

  • DEP Accountability…Too Late?
    This video with Jude Stiles giving testimony of what her family has dealt with since 2010 at a hearing for the Pennsylvania DEP accountability standards. Her husband is now deceased and she and her children are very sick due to the contamination of there well water from gas drilling. At one poin ...
  • Everything’s a Mess and No One’s R ...
    I received a link to this article from my mother who lives near the Tioga County/Potter County line and keeps tabs on that area for me. Both she and some local friends have been monitoring the smaller creeks in that area for a while now…thank you! So the article found here talks about one ...
  • State Impact PA
    I’ve posted links to the State Impact PA site before but wanted to remind folks that there is a great resource here and even though the gas industries have slowed down for now there is still a lot of good journalism work being done by Chris Amico, Danny DeBelius, Scott Detrow and Matt Stil ...
  • Worried about Water in Blossburg, PA
    Blossburg, PA had a scare the other day of high mercury levels in their water supply. Update info says new tests show the levels are now reading appropriately but folks living in the borough of Blossburg should avoid drinking the water or washing their dishes in it. You can read more details abo ...
  • Community Workshop in Tioga County on Environm ...
    The Clean Air Council and Penn Environment, state-wide environmental groups, will give an educational workshop in Tioga County for residents of north-central Pennsylvania on Saturday, March 24, 1-4 PM. The training will be held at the W.M. Tokishi Training Center, NYPUM Drive, Wellsboro, PA 1690 ...

News Blaze

environment 360

  • Largest Offshore Wind Farm Opened in North Sea ...
    British Prime Minister David Cameron has inaugurated the world’s largest offshore wind farm, a 630-megawatt project capable of producing enough electricity to power 500,000 homes. The $2.3 billion project — located 12 miles offshore in the North Sea, east of London — is being operated by an inte ...
  • Flexible Glass Solar Cells Said to Boost Effec ...
    U.S. researchers have developed a solar shingle made of flexible glass that could emerge as an alternative to conventional roof shingles and drive down the costs of CorningCorning’s Willow Glass rooftop solar energy systems. Unlike conventional solar panels, which are bulky and breakable, the n ...
  • New Initiatives to Clean Up The Global Aquariu ...
    An estimated 30 million fish and other creatures are caught annually to supply the home aquarium market, taking a toll on some reef ecosystems. Now conservationists are working to improve the industry by ending destructive practices and encouraging aquaculture. BY REBECCA KESSLER
  • Drought Tolerance in Plants Boosted by New Syn ...
    Scientists have identified a chemical that helps plants better tolerate drought conditions, a discovery they say could help boost crop production as extreme weather Click to enlarge Cutler Lab/UC RiversideSoybean plant, right, treated with quinabactin conditions become more common. After testin ...
  • Climate Change Driving More Active El Niño Cy ...
    A new analysis of tree-ring data indicates that the climate cycle known as the El Niño – Southern Oscillation (ENSO) has been more active during the latter part of the 20th century than at any other time during the past seven centuries, suggesting that global warming is affecting this climate ph ...

Red Ice Creations

  • Neuroscientist claims head transplants now a r ...
    In a paper published in the June issue of Surgical Neurology International, researchers describe a method of actually transplanting a human head through advanced neurosurgery. Creepily code-named HEAVEN/GEMINI the process is outlined by Dr. Sergio Canavero of Italy’s Turin Advanced Neuromodulati ...
  • Researchers make ’bionic ear’ with 3-D printer
    With a 3-D printer, a petri dish and some cells from a cow, U.S. researchers are growing synthetic ears that can receive — and transmit — sound. The Princeton University scientists send bovine cells mixed in a liquid gel through the printer, followed by tiny particles of silver. The printer is p ...
  • Giant superconducting ring takes a road trip
    It looks like an alien spaceship about to take off on an intergalactic adventure. In reality this gargantuan object is a ring of superconducting magnets made by human hands, but its current journey is as bizarre as any a spacecraft might make. The 15-metre-diameter ring was originally used at Br ...
  • Quelle Surprise. France reportedly has its own ...
    The US isn’t the only western country with an all-seeing digital eye... at least, according to Le Monde. The news outlet claims that France’s General Directorate for External Security has a PRISM-like system that captures and processes the metadata for "billions and billions" of communications, ...
  • France apologizes for rejecting Bolivian pres ...
    France has apologized to Bolivia for closing its airspace to President Evo Morales, blaming the incident on “conflicting information” about the plane’s passengers. Bolivian President Evo Morales’s plane was forced to land in Austria en route to Bolivia on July 2, 2013 French President Francois H ...

Not My Tribe

  • Have Americans overtaken the Nazis as the real ...
    Funny how Americans think the Nazis are still the ne plus ultra of evildom. Isn’t it about time we stop pretending the cruelty of Hitler’s machine exceeded ours? The US military has of course blown well past the benchmark of “Godwin’s Rule” by any measure of war cri ...
  • NSA whistleblower Edward Snowden is no loser, ...
    Apparently Edward Snowden is a good for nothing high school dropout, but he’s a better man than you. Petty technocrats are splitting hairs to pretend that the NSA whistleblower broke the law while corporate mouthpieces are obfuscating that the public doesn’t care about its privacy. B ...
  • Prince Harry displays British hypocracy to une ...
    Want to know where you can find Prince Harry on his war cheerleading US tour? Half of it is in Colorado. On Friday he’ll be at a UK Consul-General’s reception at the private Sanctuary Golf Course in Sedalia. Between Denver and Castle Rock, that’s the Castle Pines exit off of I- ...
  • Mother Jones was not a Democrat!
    Mother Jones Magazine sent me an email the other morning, subject: “BREAKING”, first line: “URGENT” so I opened it wondering if it was possibly about more than asking for money, how silly of me. Apparently, Stephen Colbert’s sister stands a chance to beat Republican ...
  • My impatience with not so anti frackers
    I’d tell you I’ve had it up to here with moderate turncoats, but of late I’ve resolved to keep them well underfoot. Take the local fight against FRACKING.   We’ve built a pretty determined group of fractivists in Colorado Springs, with healthy allies statewide, and i ...

Debunking the Debunkers

  • 9/11 World Trade Center Red /Gray chips igniti ...
    Published on Jun 25, 2013 cappucinokid100 Mark Basile conducts an ignition test on known WTC primer paint and known WTC Red/Gray chips,and some paint chips actually taken from his house.For more details visit Mark`s website (link below). Footage shot by Mark Basile starts at 0.33 SEE BELOW. ...
  • New Nano-Thermite Study Fund Raiser at MarkBas ...
    The purpose of Mark Basile's new study is to conduct a formal blind study that can be seen as true independent confirmation of the thermitic materials (explosive and steel melting) he and other scientists have documented in the World Trade Centre dust. Basile's own work, that confirmed ...
  • 9/11 Free Fall 6/20/13: John-Michael Talboo on ...
    John-Michael Talboo has been a 9/11 activist since 2004, was a member of the steering committee at 911truth.org, creator of the Debunking the Debunkers blog, and a contributing writer for AE911 Truth and visibility911.org where he will be taking over hosting their podcast in the near future. On ...
  • Why You Should Make a Donation at MarkBasile.org
    9/11: Explosive Material in the WTC Dust Please Donate Dust or Money for an Independent Study to Conclusively Confirm or Refute the 2009 Paper By Harrit et al. Version 1.2 By John-Michael Talboo and Ziggi Zugam Abstract. In April 2009, an international team of scientists published the peer-r ...
  • My Call to C-SPAN on the Free Fall Collapse of ...
    Nothing like starting off your morning by spreading 9/11 truth through the mainstream media! So I was asked by a friend to call in to C-Span this morning to ask a question about the free fall collapse of WTC7, and luckily I made it through! Granted they did cut me off before I finished the whole ...

Fooducate

Traffikd

  • How to Do It Yourself: DIY SEO Campaign
    People who are just beginning to focus on their website or blog may or may not know that they should make their content live up to the standards of search engine optimization or SEO. Making content SEO rich is the one of the most effective strategies for boosting the number of visitations on you ...
  • Twitter Step by Step
    Twitter management can be a daunting task. There are a lot of articles telling you the do's and don'ts of Twitter, however it can still be difficult to pin down exactly what you should be doing each day step by step. If you are having a hard time getting organized and keeping up with everything ...
  • SEO Tips For Your Blog and Business
    When was the last time you thought about your site beyond adding content? It is probably time to take a look at how things are organized. When you started the site you had certain goals, ideas and experiences, now as time has passed it is a good idea to take another look at those goals [...]
  • How To Choose Keywords
    Every day millions of searches are performed on the internet and all of those search terms are saved and provided to us to peruse at our discretion. Unfortunately, on the other hand, there are millions of searches performed every day on the internet and ALL that data is saved and provided to us ...
  • Why Social Media Isn’t Working For You
    So you took the first step and signed yourself up for some social media sites and started marketing yourself and now you're waiting for the traffic to start rolling in. You've done your research about social media marketing and everyone tells you to find followers, engage them and turn them into ...

Survival International

  • INDIA: 'Proud Not Primitive' campaign challeng ...
    The 'Proud Not Primitive' campaigns challenges the prevailing view in India that tribal peoples, like the Dongria Kondh, are 'backwards' and 'primitive'.© SurvivalA groundbreaking new campaign has been launched in India to challenge the deep-seated prejudice that tr ...
  • Brazil: Protestors call on President to uphold ...
    Davi Kopenawa, a spokesman for the Yanomami tribe, calls on Brazil's President to uphold indigenous rights.© Fiona Watson/SurvivalAs demonstrators continue to flood Brazil’s streets, Brazilian Indians have joined protestors in calling for an end to the onslaught on indigenous rights b ...
  • 'Jaguar people's' urgent appeal to oil company ...
    The Matsés have urged shareholders of Pacific Rubiales to disinvest from the company to protect Peru's uncontacted tribes.© SurvivalAn Amazonian tribe has sent an urgent appeal to shareholders of Canadian-Colombian oil giant Pacific Rubiales to protect the lives of uncontacted Indians in Pe ...
  • Indigenous rights highlighted at central Londo ...
    Protestors in London demanded respect for indigenous people’s rights. © SurvivalThe rights of Brazilian Indians were highlighted at a protest outside the Houses of Parliament in London yesterday. Over 1,000 protestors attended to show their support for the demonstrations that have taken place i ...
  • Success: Soliga tribe's forest rights upheld i ...
    Tribal peoples like the Soliga have been living with and protecting the wildlife in their forests for countless generations.© Kalyan Varma/SurvivalA village belonging to the Soliga tribe in southern India has won an important court victory after its entire stock of honey – its key source of live ...

Greg Palast

  • Ku Klux Kourt kills King’s Dream Law Replaces ...
    by Greg Palast for Truthout They might as well have burned a cross on Dr. King's grave.  The Jim Crow majority on the Supreme Court just took away the vote of millions of Hispanic and African–American voters by wiping away Section 4 of the Voting Rights Act of 1965. I'm so angry, so distraught b ...
  • Arizona Law
    by Greg Palast On Tuesday, the Supreme Court finally busted the Arizona election law that was supposed to keep "alien" (i.e. Democratic) voters off the voter rolls.  Two years ago, we flew to Arizona to bust this bogus game.  Here's the original report  ... Behind the Arizona Immigration Law: GO ...
  • The Drone Ranger: Obama’s Dirty Wars
    By Greg Palast for Vice Magazine About the time Barack Obama ordered the drone strike that killed Abdul-Rahman al-Awlaki, the 16-year-old American kid Facebooked his second-rate choice of hip-hop favorites. I say "second-rate," because Abdul was my son's age almost exactly, so I know the kind of ...
  • The Idiot's Guide to the Voting Rights Act
    Will the Supreme Court pull the teeth out of the law? by Greg Palast for TheMudflats.net This month –as early as tomorrow— the US Supreme Court will tell us whether Black and Brown citizens have the right to vote. Now, if you saw the film Lincoln, you probably thought that issue was settled abou ...
  • Will the Supreme Court Kill the Voting Rights Act?
    How Do You Steal a Dream? Supreme Court to decide on Voting Rights Act this month. For Care2.com By Greg Palast, author, Billionaires & Ballot Bandits Jim Crow is alive and well — and he has mounted a new attack on the law Martin Luther King dreamed of: the Voting Rights Act. This month, as ...

How Can I Recycle This ?

  • How can I reuse or recycle a wooden shoe rack?
    There was a neighbourhood “give and take” event near me at the weekend – people took along their unwanted items and took home anything other people had donated that took their fancy — all for free. It was mostly small things – crockery, household knick-knacks and bo ...
  • How can I reuse or recycle old glass blocks/gl ...
    We’ve had an email from Whitney, asking about reuse/recycling ideas for glass blocks (or glass bricks, as they’re also known): We just bought a house and making a lot of renovations. We removed some glass blocks from an old bathroom window and I want to reuse them for something. I lo ...
  • How can I “reuse” fresh eggs that ...
    (Hi! Sorry to regular readers for the stupidly long break in posting – I’ve been reading all the comments as usual as they come in, just not posting any new content myself due to a combination of busy-ness, illness and laziness. I’m hoping to get back to regular scheduled blogg ...
  • How can I reuse or recycle toilet seats?
    Apologies for the break in blogging – I’ve been super busy with other things over the last month. And in my absence, Recycle This had its sixth birthday! Happy Birthday website! :D Anyway, moving on: we’ve had an email from Stephanie about toilet seats: I just came into about 2 ...
  • How can I reuse or recycle empty bottled gas/p ...
    Lyndon has emailed to ask about reusing – or recycling – propane gas canisters (the ones for heating, barbecues or patio heaters etc): Trying to tidy up the yard at work, what can I do with some old gas bottles? If there is a company name on the bottles (like Calor Gas, Flo Gas or [...]

Age of Autism

  • Dachel Media Update: In Vitro, Sped Costs
    By Anne Dachel July 4, 2013, Baltimore (MD) Star Democrat: Special education student numbers slightly lower statewide in 2012-13 July 3, 2013, KPLC-TV, Lake Charles, LA: Local families fight for special legislative session July 3, 2013, NY Daily News: Study...
  • Call to Action As Minnesota Vaccine Safety Adv ...
    A call to action from our sponsor, The Canary Party: By Patti Carroll Several months ago, it was brought to the attention of vaccine safety groups in Minnesota that the Minnesota Department of Health (MDH) was proposing to add more...
  • Dachel Media Update: Autism in America
    By Anne Dachel How can autism be a crisis? If you go to Google News as a concerned parent, you'll find stories like these three. The Chicago Tribune, The Washington Post, NY Daily News--these are big news outlets. No one...
  • Celebrate July 4th and Support Autism Families
    Designs by Ja9 is supporting The National Autism Association through the sale of these beautiful exclusive patriotic star pendants. Order yours here for $30 and support our sponsor AND families facing the challenges of autism. NAA spends every dollar wisely...
  • Dachel Media Update:
    By Anne Dachel July 2, 2013, Minneapolis Star Tribune: 'Genuine Genius': Edina nonprofit website stresses things autistic kids do well July 2, 2013, KGOU TV Norman, OK: Autism Diagnosis Numbers Rise in Oklahoma, Services Availability Insufficient July 2, 2013, Fox...

Global BDS Movement

Farm Wars

  • Government Will Not Save You From Corporations
    Most excess power of corporations is provided and granted by government and that government seeks partnership with corporations and shares in the profits. This "public-private partnership" is so advanced that the public interest is no longer a primary concern of government. Government is now a f ...
  • Farmer Hershberger Seeks Full Vindication in R ...
    Farm-to-Consumer Legal Defense Fund Files Appeal in Wisconsin Raw Milk Case.
  • Klamath Basin Water Shutoff – Leaving Livestoc ...
    Everyone above Klamath lake is getting turned off. Modoc irrigation district got turned off a few days ago. Most of Sprague has already been turned off, any that are still using surface water will soon be. All of Fort Klamath area will be turned off. It is not just irrigators either. I hear that ...
  • Oregon SB 633 Set to Halt Local GMO Bans
    While everyone is focused on labeling GMOs instead of banning them, Monsanto is hard at work making sure that local communities and counties are prohibited from banning the planting of GMOs. The state version of the Monsanto Protection Act just past the Oregon Senate.
  • A Letter to the New World Order: Dear Bill Gates
    While the mainstream media was busy making jokes about Bill Gates paying $100,000 to have someone design a modern condom like it was just the cutest thing ever, he was also paying some guy in Arizona to test contraceptive vaccines in the form of an oral bait that sterilizes rats...

new geography

  • Public Unions for Private Benefits: Public Sec ...
    Concerned citizens of California are already familiar with the undue political influence of California’s prison guard union. According to Tim Kowal of the Orange County Federalist Society, the union raises $23 million dollars per year and spends $8 million of it lobbying. As a result, t ...
  • The Hall of Gimmicks
    Occasional Urbanophile contributor Robert Munson has talked about how Chicago Mayor Richard M. Daley was among the first to recognize that there was a “taxpayer strike” in America. That is, given the breakdown in the social contract in our cities, taxpayers were increasingly ...
  • Crime Down in Urban Cores and Suburbs
    The latest data (2011) from the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) Uniform Crime Reports (UCR) indicates that violent crime continued to decline in both the suburbs and historical cores of major metropolitan areas (over 1,000,000 residents). Since 2001, the rates of decline have been simil ...
  • Beware the Herbivore Effect
    In the 1980s, American commentators and best-selling authors repeatedly sought to convince companies and workers to be more "Japanese." After all, for two generations, the men of Japan, supported by their wives, constituted a fearsome force – first, in the run up to the Second ...
  • Angry Young Men
    “'Angry young men' lack optimism.” This was the title of a BBC News story earlier this year, exploring the deeply pessimistic views that some young working class British hold about their own future. Two-thirds of the young men from families of skilled or semi-skilled workers, for ...

water.org

  • Teaching Hygiene Through Song
    Community education is just as important as drilling a well or building a latrine.
  • A Toilet for Sumit
    “Our previous toilet was a ‘katcha’ toilet made with bamboo sticks. The pit was covered with bamboo thatch. It was too near to the house. During monsoons, the water from the katcha toilet used to flow through the house and spread a foul smell all over the place,” says Sumit Deori, who lives with ...
  • Chandramaya's Story
    Chandramaya Chettri is 65 years old and, until now, has only had access to water from unclean sources. She says, “We [used to] collect water from the nearby pond and sometimes from our neighbor’s well. Borrowing water from our neighbors was not easy. We were subjected to ill-treatment.”
  • Young Woman Rolling Incense
    Easy access to clean water has afforded this young woman the ability to earn some extra income for her family. Watch as she uses her newfound spare time to roll traditional Indian incense in today's Clip of the Day!
  • The Joy of Learning
    “After we adopted awareness-building measures, children have started practicing healthy habits in school. They fill the water filters themselves and encourage fellow students to drink only the filtered water. I have also noticed a reduction in the rate of absenteeism.”- Mrs. Zarina Begum, Princi ...

Cryptogon

  • Frenchelon Stories Making the Rounds
    The ECHELON Trigger Words Generator has used the term Frenchelon since around 2001. Via: ZDnet: An investigative report by French daily paper Le Monde has uncovered what it calls the “French Big Brother”: Its own local version of the PRISM-like systems in place in the US and the UK. ...
  • 99% of Android Devices Vulnerable to Exploit
    Via: BlueBox: The Bluebox Security research team – Bluebox Labs – recently discovered a vulnerability in Android’s security model that allows a hacker to modify APK code without breaking an application’s cryptographic signature, to turn any legitimate application into a malicious Trojan, complet ...
  • U.S. Postal Service Logging All Mail for Law E ...
    Via: New York Times: Leslie James Pickering noticed something odd in his mail last September: A handwritten card, apparently delivered by mistake, with instructions for postal workers to pay special attention to the letters and packages sent to his home. “Show all mail to supv” — supervisor — “f ...
  • Standoff Between Egypt’s Army Commander ...
    Update: Egyptian Military Ousts Morsi, Suspends Constitution Via: Washington Post: A year after coming to office, Egypt’s first democratically elected president was swept aside by the military leaders who long presided over this country and proved Wednesday in a series of extraordinary maneuvers ...
  • Approved: HSBC Setttlement for Drug Money Laun ...
    Via: Reuters: A federal judge has approved HSBC Holdings Plc’s (HSBA.L)(HBC) record $1.92 billion settlement with federal and state investigators of charges that it flouted rules designed to stop money laundering and thwart transactions with countries under U.S. sanctions. While noting &#8 ...

The Economic Collapse

  • Economic Bizarro World: Persistently High Unem ...
    The mainstream media is heralding today's "fantastic" employment numbers as evidence that the U.S. economy is steadily recovering.  But is that really true?  The number of jobs created in June was just a little bit more than what is required to keep up with population growth, and the official un ...
  • Are We Really Free When Big Brother Is Systema ...
    Every year on July 4th we celebrate our "independence", but is America really free?  How could we possibly be free when "Big Brother" is constantly intruding in our lives in hundreds of different ways?  And I am not just talking about NSA snooping.  Sadly, the truth is that the United States is ...
  • Have Central Bankers Lost Control? Could The B ...
    Are the central banks of the world starting to lose control of the financial markets?  Could we be facing a situation where the bond bubble is going to inevitably implode no matter what the central bankers do?  For the past several years, the central bankers of the planet have been able to get m ...
  • 41 IMF Bailouts And Counting – How Long ...
    Broke nations are bailing out other broke nations with borrowed money.  Round and round we go - where we stop nobody knows.  As of April, 41 different countries had active financial "arrangements" with the IMF.  Sometimes they are called "bailouts" and sometimes they are called other things, but ...
  • 19 Reasons To Be Deeply Concerned About The Gl ...
    Is the global economic downturn going to accelerate as we roll into the second half of this year?  There is turmoil in the Middle East, we are seeing things happen in the bond markets that we have not seen happen in more than 30 years, and much of Europe has already plunged into a full-blown [...]

Desertification

  • COST Action ES1104 : Arid Lands Restoration an ...
    Desert Restoration Hub Newsletter Issue No. 1 Summer 2013 Editorial COST Action ES1104 was launched in April 2012. This first year has been busy and productive, with three Management Committee (MC) meetings, the organisation of an international conference in London … Continue reading →
  • Nepeta (catmint) is drought and heat tolerant ...
    Read at : Google Alerts – drought tolerant plants http://www.examiner.com/article/catmint-nepeta-plant-drought-tolerant-garden-perennial-2?cid=rss   Catmint (Nepeta plant): Drought tolerant garden perennial by Jeri Baker The Nepeta plant, catmint variety, is a real trooper in any garden. I ...
  • Scientists have found a way to help plants cop ...
    Read at : Google Alerts – desertification http://www.scienceworldreport.com/articles/7911/20130702/new-chemical-boosts-drought-tolerance-plants-combating-climate-change.htm New Chemical Boosts Drought Tolerance in Plants: Combating Climate Change Catherine Griffin As our climate changes, p ...
  • Knowledge exchange and information delivery to ...
    Read at : Google Alerts – desertification http://www.donorplatform.org/land/interviews/1019-luc-gnacadja-on-policy-processes-around-combating-desertification.html Policy processes around combating desertification Luc Gnacadja The Executive Secretary of the United Nations Convention to Comb ...
  • Date palm to address the desertification in th ...
    Read at : Google Alerts – desertification http://www.dailytrust.com.ng/index.php/environment/57708-curbing-desertification-in-the-north-with-date-palms Curbing desertification in the North with date palms Written by Ojoma Akor The  of Nigeria  Desertification is fast stealing and threateni ...

News Blaze

Worldnews

  • Scott Boras: Sports Super-Agent Isn&#8217 ...
    Scott Boras may have some competition for the title of greatest sports agent in the world, but he’s not worried about Jay-Z just yet. The rapper, who is planning a big move into the world of sports representation with his new agency Roc Nation, called out Boras on his new album, Magna ...
  • Anderson Silva An Underdog? Pros Pick Chr ...
    Anderson Silva may be the greatest MMA fighter of all time but that doesn’t mean that he’s the clear favorite to win UFC 162. Several professional fighters are picking against Silva in favor of his opponent Chris Weidman. Chael Sonnen said: “I think Anderson is an excellent ...
  • Samsung Profits To Reach $8.3 Billion On ...
    Samsung will soon release its Q2 2013 earnings report and the company is expected to fall below analysts expectations. According to several reports the company for the period ending June 30 earned 9.5 trillion won ($8.3 billion) on revenues of 57 trillion won ($49 billion). Samsung’s e ...
  • Josh Hamilton Returns To Bad Habits With ...
    Josh Hamilton is an MLB superstar who made his way to the top after battling drug abuse earlier in his career. He rose to fame with the Texas Rangers after winning the battle and he’s now tracking down fly balls for the Los Angeles Angels. This past Tuesday, Hamilton was reportedly spo ...
  • Scottie Pippen Fight: New Details Emerge ...
    Scottie Pippen’s fight with a fan outside of a Malibu restaurant last month keeps getting weirder and weirder. We reported late last month that the former Chicago Bulls star got into a scrap with a man outside of a Malibu restaurant called Nobu Sushi, that Pippen won the fight handily, ...

Alex in Wonderland

MY Daily Apple

  • Avandia (Rosiglitazone) Does Not Raise Heart A ...
    There is not a higher risk of heart attack and cardiovascular events in patients who take controversial type 2 drug Avandia (rosiglitazone), researchers at the Duke Clinical Research Institute (DCRI) reported after carrying out a re-analysis of data from a pivotal study. The DCRI researchers re- ...
  • Promising Results In Early Trial of Novel MS T ...
    Reporting in the journal Science Translational Medicine researchers say a new method for essentially resetting the immune systems of patients with multiple sclerosis appears to be safe. Study co-author Stephen D. Miller of Northwestern University, describes the novel approach tested in this smal ...
  • Summer Deadliest Time of Year for Teen Drivers
    Crashes often linked to distracted driving Source: HealthDay Related MedlinePlus Pages: Impaired Driving, Motor Vehicle Safety, Teen Health
  • Fewer Families Struggling to Pay Medical Bills ...
    But some may be skipping needed care altogether, expert says Source: HealthDay Related MedlinePlus Pages: Health Insurance, Health Statistics
  • Smokers Cost Employers Thousands More Than Non ...
    About $6000 in extra annual costs stem from more time off, smoking breaks, health care, study shows Source: HealthDay Related MedlinePlus Page: Smoking

Common Dreams

  • Gitmo Hunger Strikers to Face 'Force-Feeding F ...
    (Photo: AP)The U.S. government refused Guantanamo Bay detainees' demands for an immediate halt to force-feeding of hunger striking prisoners during Ramadan and vowed to continue this practice through the holy Muslim holiday that starts July 8. ...
  • Hundreds Walk to "Heart of Destruction" for Ta ...
    (Image via Healingwalk.org)Environmental activists, indigenous groups and hundreds of other concerned citizens are heading to the "heart of destruction" in Northern Alberta Friday to conduct a healing ceremony for the land and the people suffering from the toxic and globally devastatin ...
  • 'Not Your Colony': Bolivia Threatens Shutdown ...
    Bolivian President Evo Morales Threatens Closure of U.S. Embassy (Photo: Zuma/Rex)Bolivian President Evo Morales threatened Thursday to shut down the U.S. embassy in his country after a forced re-routing and downing of his plane earlier this week on suspicion that NSA whistleblower Edward Snowd ...
  • Shots Fired in Cairo as 'Friday of Rejection' ...
    Photo via Twitter / Sharif Kouddous (Dead body being taken to a car to be driven away pic.twitter.com/iXBqLRi2fN)Reports surfaced Friday afternoon that the Egyptian military opened fire on large crowds who had gathered in support of the recently ousted Egyptian president Mohamed Morsi. ...
  • Restore the 4th! 'Turning Point' for Opposing ...
    In over a hundred cities across the U.S. and on major websites this July 4th holiday, a grassroots movement is pushing back against newly revealed dragnet spying by the NSA in what may be a "turning point for opposing mass government surveillance." ...

The Hour with George Stroumboulopoulos

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Energy Collective

  • US Energy Transitions: 1776 to 2076
    In 1776, Britain's thirteen American colonies ran on a 100-percent renewable portfolio standard and a distributed (wood- and horse-based) energy economy. Today, natural gas is ascendant while coal is in decline.
  • EPA Pressured to Weaken Oil, Gas Science and E ...
    There is now a pattern of the EPA stepping down from important cases of drinking water contamination that are linked to oil and gas operations, and communities across America with oil and gas development want to know why.
  • President Obama, Coal Killer
    President Obama put natural gas at the center of his agenda to deal with climate change. "We should strengthen our position as the top natural gas producer because it can provide safe, cheap power, and reduce our carbon emissions."
  • Community Renewable Energy Plans to Receive Ex ...
    The Department for Energy and Climate Change has said it will increase the generation threshold under which community projects are eligible for feed-in tariffs to enable larger projects to benefit.
  • Renewables Policy: "EU can learn from the US" ...
    Since the economic crisis began the climate agenda has struggle in the European Union, but renewables have always had lots of other arguments for them – jobs and growth, for example.

Foreign Policy in Focus - Military (US)

Law.com

Iranian.com

  • Iranian dissident and French lawmakers urge ne ...
    French lawmakers invited the head of a previously shunned Iranian dissident group to parliament on Wednesday, aiming to help it gain credibility as a viable opposition to Tehran's government. read more
  • زهر مار ایرانی برای نجات سربازان آمریکایی
    در راهنمای پزشکی فرماندهی مرکزی نیروهای آمریکا در افغانستان تاکید شده است که پادزهر تولید شده در انستیتو رازی تهران، بهترین دارو برای مقابله با نیش مارهای کبرا و انواع دیگر مارهای سمی و خطرناک آسیای میانه است که در افغانستان به فراوانی وجود دارند.
  • نسرین ستوده اعتصاب غذای خود را شکست
    ه گزارش رسیده به کلمه، متعاقب دیدار رضا خندان همسر این زندانی سیاسی و گروهی از فعالان زنان با برخی از نمایندگان و پیگیری های محمدرضا تابش و ابوترابی فرد و مذاکره آنها با رییس مجلس و قوه قضاییه و با برداشتن محدودیت های قضایی از مهراوه خندان، دختر نسرین ستوده، وی به اعتصاب غذای خود پایان داد.read more
  • Iran’s Claim of Drone Capture Is Denied by U.S.
    read more
  • Significant Changes Made to Parchin High Explo ...
    The latest image from DigitalGlobe clearly showing the new blue roofing of the two major buildings, new equipment and materials and the rows of earth piles. Numerous cars present at the site suggest a considerable level of activity at the site.

Most Revolutionary Act

  • US Drastically Cuts Carbon Emissions
    Good job, guys. Well done. Keep it up. I think Americans deserve about 1,000 gold stars each for cutting their carbon emissions to 1994 levels. Too bad Obama didn’t mention this in his speech last week. A substantial number of Americans have made small and large lifestyle changes in a ...
  • Republicans Veer Toward Socialism
      Obama Tries to Privatize TVA  According to a recent article article by Gar Alperowitz, Obama has inserted a proposal to sell the Tennessee Valley Authority (TVA) in his 2014 budget. The TVA was established by the Roosevelt administration during the Depression. The la ...
  • When They Put White Collar Criminals In Charge
    Guest post by Steven Miller (This is the last of four posts by Steven Miller regarding the rise of the surveillance state.) Domestic Spying Since the state is the organization of the ruling class, there has always been the closest collaboration between corporate leaders and the police. In t ...
  • Spies and Thugs for Hire
    Blackwater Assisting with DEA Raid (This is the 3rd of four guest posts by Steven Miller about the rise of the surveillance state.) The state has metastasized greatly since 1984. The NSA existed then, perhaps more hidden than now, but there were no personal computers, no internet, no digita ...
  • Criminalizing Dissent
    Guest post by Steven Miller (This is the 2nd of four guest posts by Steven Miller about the rise of the surveillance state) So exactly what is the legal definition of a “terrorist” anyway? The head of the Senate Intelligence Committee (the committee supposedly charged with &ldquo ...

Michael Moore - Must Read

  • Statement from Jafar Panahi on His Invitation ...
    "I would like to sincerely thank the members of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences for inviting me to join their organization. I am especially grateful to Michael Moore and the documentary branch for nominating me. "It’s an honor for me to join such a prestigious organizatio ...
  • Excerpt from 'Pietà' in 'Here Comes Trouble' b ...
    When we went back a few days later to sit in the House gallery, a new bill was up for discussion: the Voting Rights Act of 1965. From watching the evening news and being taught to read the daily newspaper, I knew that “colored people” were being unfairly treated, even killed. A f ...
  • Republic Windows Workers Seen in 'Capitalism: ...
    Grand Opening of Worker-Owned Window Factory Former Republic Window and Door Union Workers Launch New Era Windows Cooperative   Press Contact:  Leah Fried, United Electrical Workers (UE) 773-550-3022, leahfried@gmail.com  Brendan Martin, The Working World 646-286-0846, ...
  • Michigan Families to Rally for Sensible Gun La ...
    CONTACT:   Linda K. Brundage, Moms Demand Action MidMichigan/Lansing Chapter; (517) 337-3024 or Momsdemandaction.mimidlansing@gmail.com Kim Russell, National Director of Communications, Moms Demand Action for Gun Sense in America; (917) 226-4420 or krussell@momsdemandaction.org ADVISO ...
  • Roger Ebert and 'Roger & Me'
    Excerpted from Here Comes Trouble: Stories From My Life by Michael Moore I had shown a cut of [Roger & Me] to three film festival selection committees — Telluride, Toronto, and New York. They all liked it and accepted it to be shown at each of their festivals in September 1989. I h ...

Salon

SMB News

  • Indonesian volcano rumbles as president visits ...
    For SMB News Indonesian volcano rumbles as president visits camps PURWOBINANGUN: Indonesia’s Mount Merapi volcano spewed more deadly heat clouds Wednesday as President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono visited some of the 50,000 evacuees in shelters. Searing gas billowed from the crater of the 2,91 ...
  • Kasaba throws spit on the camera
    \Kasaba throws spit on cameraMUMBAI: Ajmal Kasaba webcam spit on Tuesday during a hearing in the Bombay High Court for confirmation of the death penalty, which led the court strictly tell him to behave properly. Judjes a warning when they Kasaba altercation with the police and spit at the camera ...
  • K’taka Speaker disqualifies 16 MLAs
    For SMB News KBANGALORE: Hours ahead of the trust vote for beleaguered Karnataka Chief Minister B S Yeddyurappa in the Assembly, Speaker K G Bopaiah disqualified sixteen rebel MLAs, including eleven from ruling Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP), legislative sources said on Monday. Bopaiah signed the ...
  • Twin bombing at Shah Ghazi’s shrine kills 8
    For SMB News Twin bombing at Shah Ghazi’s shrine kills 8 KARACHI: Eight people including two children were killed and over 65 others suffered injuries when two suicide bombers blew themselves up outside Abdullah Shah Ghazi’s shrine in Clifton, official sources said here Thursday. Two heads, beli ...
  • Musharraf seeks Pak nation’s apology for ‘mistake
    For SMB News Musharraf seeks Pak nation’s apology for ‘mistakes’ LONDON: Former president Gen. (Retd.) Pervez Musharraf Friday admitted that political mistakes were committed in the twilight years of his regime and sought apology from Pakistani nation for the same. “These mistakes caused damage ...

R-Squared Energy Blog

  • The Increasing Irrelevance of the Keystone XL ...
    Last week President Obama unveiled a new plan to combat climate change in a speech at Georgetown University. While there is generally broad consensus that his comments further threaten the already battered US coal industry, his comments on TransCanada’s Keystone XL pipeline project had pundits g ...
  • Avoiding Energy’s Big Buts
    It is true that wind and solar power are intermittent, writes Robert Rapier. However, we do not have a single energy source that doesn't have a downside associated with it.
  • Did Global Oil Consumption Slow in 2012?
    The failure of the mainstream media to note that it is the growth in oil consumption that fell, and not actual oil consumption -- leaves many with a false impression that perhaps the world is beginning to wean itself off of oil, notes Robert Rapier.
  • Oil Industry Declares War on E15
    I just finished reading a story that made my blood boil. It was about how the oil industry is using dirty tricks to keep the ethanol industry in check. I need to sit down, take a deep breath, and make sure everyone knows of the atrocity that has happened in Kansas. The problem started when the e ...
  • About Those Plunging Oil Prices
    Based on recent headlines, one might suspect that we were right in the middle of a major bear market for oil, yet it's only fallen to $92 a barrel. Robert Rapier examines the situation and fundamentals behind the near and long term trends.

Discovery Educator Network

Rodale News

  • 6 Natural Remedies for Bug Bites and Poison Ivy
    Summer is a wonderful time for communing with nature—and with all the bugs, plants and itchy critters nature has to offer. Don't let those spoil your warm sunny days! Ever the master of fast fixes using products you already have lying around your house, Joey Green's new book, Magic Health Remed ...
  • The Nickel Pincher: Make Your Own Homemade Ene ...
    Why buy expensive energy drinks that could send you to the hospital when the perfect energy supplement is right in your kitchen cupboard? Apple cider vinegar, that old standby thought to cure everything from allergies to colds to weight troubles, is a natural energy drink long known for its abi ...
  • Safe Minimum Cooking Temperatures
    Ever come down with a foodborne illness? Most people who have will tell you that a meat thermometer should be a mandatory tool for every kitchen and cookout spot. The good news is that by taking a few simple safety precautions, you can keep your summer BBQ from turning into the scene of a food ...
  • Don't Make These 7 Fourth of July Pet Mistakes
    There's no doubt about it, Fourth of July means celebrating. And if you're among the 46 percent of American households that own a dog, you probably let your pet join in on the summer festivities, too. Spending holidays with your pet is a plus, as long as you take steps to avoid Fourth of July p ...
  • Dunkin' Donuts: America No Longer Runs on Styr ...
    Bowing to consumer pressure, it appears that Dunkin' Donuts may no longer keep America running on coffee served in foam cups. The company announced in its 2012 Corporate Social Responsibility Report that, within two to three years, it hopes to replace its iconic foam cup with a more recyclable ...

big think

  • If You Don't Want Others Spying On You, Don't ...
    Human beings have always outsourced work at which we're feeble. We began using other creatures and captive humans, then switched in the past few centuries to technology. Can't walk very far in a day? Get a horse. Can't farm too many acres? Slaves and serfs are your answer. Can't keep track of .. ...
  • What An Eco-Friendly Family Car Might Look Lik ...
    What's the Latest Development? For the next World Solar Challenge, scheduled for October 6-13 in Australia, students at the Netherlands' Eindhoven University of Technology are submitting as their entry what they're calling the world's first solar-powered family car. Named "Stella," it se ...
  • Why You May Want To Bring Your Own Music To Th ...
    What's the Latest Development? Researchers at the University of Waterloo asked 96 regular slot machine players to play a simulated multi-line slot machine game both with and without the accompanying music and sound effects. They did this while wearing electrodes that helped measure their ...
  • Psychopaths Don't Suffer
    When you talk about anxiety disorders, when you talk about depression, these two kinds of common colds of mental illness are non-existent in psychopaths.  Psychopaths don’t get depressed.  Psychopaths don’t get anxious. You’ve only got to look at court footage to see that.  We’ve seen pe ...
  • In Bangalore, A Different Kind Of Male-Female ...
    What's the Latest Development? On a recent evening, a section of Bangalore street nicknamed "Rapist Lane" became an area for understanding, thanks to students at the nearby Srishti School of Art and Design and the grassroots group Blank Noise. They set up an experiment, titled "Talk to M ...

Information Liberation

Be Responsible - Be Free!

  • No Big Deal
    Much has been made over the last day or so about the fact that the Member for Chifley, Ed Husic, was today sworn in as Parliamentary Secretary to the Prime Minister and Parliamentary Secretary for Broadband. Husic, 43, born and raised … Continue reading →
  • Parliament On A Knife Edge Part VIII – P ...
    This has now gone so far beyond a joke that I hardly know where to start. So much ink has been spilled by hoary press gallery veterans covering Labor’s leadership soap opera, that there is very little new that LibertyGibbert … Continue reading →
  • Libel, Reputation and Thin Air
    This isn’t something I had planned to discuss any time soon, but recent headlines in Australia have pushed it to the head of the queue. If you don’t follow Australian politics closely, you may have missed the recent news that … Continue reading →
  • The Lemmings And The Cliff
    Sorry, but I couldn’t help myself. We’re now down to just 99 days until the Federal election. And for 99% of the Australian community, it just can’t come quickly enough. For those planning to vote for the coalition, it’s a … Continue reading →
  • Libertarianism And Gun Law
    This post will be briefer than I had originally intended, and for a couple of reasons. First, I haven’t put up any threads for a while, and I feel as though I need a break from work today, so here … Continue reading →

Sciencebase - Breaking Science News

  • Why your personal CAM story is not evidence
    Your regular doc was ignoring your symptoms or told you to take a couple of aspirin and come back if the problem persists, so you headed to a practitioner who treats you holistically, who understands, who knows what you specifically need for your specific condition. You swallowed their talk of s ...
  • Satisfying your curiosity
    Latest science news in my fortnightly column for Spectroscopynow.com, now online: Steroid infection: Steroids are often injected into sites along the spinal column in treating back pain, but if a batch is contaminated serious infection can arise. Researchers have demonstrated that magnetic reson ...
  • Entrepreneurial mothers push hard
    Mumpreneurs? To Americans, I assume the word is mompreneurs and to English northerners mampreneurs. Either way, the phenomenon of entrepreneur mothers is nothing new. It’s certainly not something that emerged during the web 2.0 explosion when mothers running small businesses and looking af ...
  • Science books for summer
    Brian Clegg – Dice World: Science and Life in a Random Universe. For centuries scientists believed that the universe was a vast machine – with enough detail, you could predict exactly what would happen. Admittedly real life wasn’t like that. But only, they argued, because we di ...
  • Guiding pledge 2.0 dismisses God and the Queen
    Apparently, the Guiding Movement is to upgrade its pledge that all members must make when they join. Currently they vow to: "to love my God, to serve my Queen and my country" That obviously only applies to people of faith and those with a female monarch…and indeed compromises the i ...

RFF Library

  • Assessing Countries’ Contributions to Cl ...
    First Steps Toward a Quality of Climate Finance Scorecard (QUODA-CF): Creating a Comparative Index to Assess International Climate Finance Contributions Brookings Institution |The Center for Global Development / by Katherine Sierra, Timmons Roberts, Michele de Nevers, Claire Langley and Cor ...
  • A Risk-based Approach to Wildland Fire Budgeta ...
    Forest Science v 59 n1 p63-77 (2013) / by Matthew P. Thompson, David E. Calkin, Mark A. Finney, Krista M. Gebert, and Michael S. Hand http://www.treesearch.fs.fed.us/pubs/43342 [Abstract] The financial impact of wildfire management within the USDA Forest Service challenges the ability of the age ...
  • The Rising Cost of Wildfire Protection
    Headwaters Economics http://headwaterseconomics.org/wildfire/fire-cost-background Wildfires are getting larger and causing more damage. Headwaters Economics produced this report as part of our long-term commitment to better understand and address why wildfires are becoming more severe and expens ...
  • Roles of Pacific Regional Organizations in Dis ...
    Brookings Institution / by John Hay http://www.brookings.edu/research/reports/2013/07/pacific-regional-organizations-disasters Although regional mechanisms are playing increasingly important roles in disaster risk management (DRM), there has been remarkably little research on their contributions ...
  • Caribbean Regional Disaster Response and Manag ...
    Brookings Institution / by Mark Kirton http://www.brookings.edu/research/reports/2013/07/caribbean-regional-organizations-disasters …This study analyzes the engagement of regional organizations in disaster risk management (DRM), beginning in 1991 when the Caribbean Community (CARICOM) head ...

Scientific American - News

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First Truths

  • The Anarchist Lineage
     Interesting passage from Samuel Clark's Living Without Domination: The Possibility of an Anarchist Utopia. I would wonder what the anarchists I know think of the various lists referenced here: This account of anarchism as a permanent human tendency has been attacked by a number of authors. ...
  • "Crisis of the State"
    From Simon Clark's Keynesianism, Monetarism, and the Crisis of the State: However this structural crisis was not the result of the changing functional requirements of changes in the labour process, but of the tendency for capital accumulation to take the form of the overaccumulation and uneven d ...
  • "Aspects of the Post-Ricardian Literature"
    Interesting and thought-provoking passage from Samuel Hollander's Economics and Ideology: Aspects of the Post-Ricardian Literature (1979): It was Marx's position, as we have mentioned, that while the labor writers of the 1820s drew upon Ricardo's value theory to reach their conclusion regarding ...
  • "Integrated Geographies"
    From Anthony Ince's Whither Anarchist Geography?:It has been said that anarchism combines a socialist critique of liberalism and a liberal critique of socialism. Its refusal to focus merely on "economics" or "freedom" or "culture," and so on, means that anarchism is inherently multifaceted and a ...
  • Colbert on Atheists
    I enjoyed this passage from Stephen Colbert's I Am America (And So Can You!): AtheistsThese No-goodnik no-Godniks are growing in numbers and power in America. It makes me wonder how a God could exist Who'd allow people to piss me off so much.Luckily, a recent survey published in the American Soc ...

Media Co-Op

David Seaton's News Links

  • Alexis de Tocqueville defines Barack Obama
    David Seaton's News LinksAlexis de Tocqueville Quote of the day: "Very few monarchs, from Augustus to our day, have failed to keep up the outward forms of freedom while they destroyed its substance, in the hope that they might combine the moral power of public approval with the peculiar convenie ...
  • Wouldn't it be nice to actually see Edward Sno ...
    David Seaton's News Links"Beyond technical systems, U.S. officials are deeply concerned that Snowden used his sensitive position to read about U.S. human assets, for example spies and informants overseas as well as safe houses and key spying centers. They worry this recent quote from Snowden was ...
  • Looking at the world through a PRISM
    David Seaton's News LinksThere is no reverse gear on the machine of governmental power. If power exists, it will be seized and exploited. To do what? That will be revealed in the course of this power’s employment. Its potential uses will automatically be discovered by those who have it or seize ...
  • Edward Snowdon, China's American dissident
    David Seaton's News LinksSnowdon's Hong Kong JudgesThe real risk to our democracy is what this situation does to potential dissenters, whistle-blowers, investigative journalists, and anyone else who thinks that some aspect of government policy might be boneheaded, unethical, or maybe even illega ...
  • NSA scandal... I got algorithm
    David Seaton's News LinksWhen separate streams of data are integrated into large databases — matching, for example, time and location data from cellphones with credit card purchases or E-ZPass use — intelligence analysts are given a mosaic of a person’s life that would never be available from si ...

MoJo - Kevin Drum

  • Friday Cat Blogging - 5 July 2013
    Today is a day off from news and blogging for me, but through the miracle of prescheduled posts, it's never a day off for catblogging. In today's entry, Domino is lounging on Marian's lap, peering suspiciously at Kevin trying to take a picture of her in dim light. Very, very suspiciously, it l ...
  • In France, the Spies Also Spy
    In today's least surprising news, Le Monde reports that France's intelligence agencies also hoover up every possible speck of electronic data they can: According to Le Monde, data on “all emails, SMSs, telephone calls, Facebook and Twitter posts” are collected and stored in a ...
  • Happy Independence Day!
  • Here's Why It Takes So Long to Move From Conce ...
    The computer mouse was invented in 1963, demonstrated in 1968, shown off in a lab in 1973, introduced on a personal computer in 1984, and finally widely adopted in the early 90s. That's three decades: That might seem like a long time, but as computer scientist Bill Buxton has argued, thi ...
  • Let Us Now Pledge to Sign Ever More Pledges
    The problem with Twitter is that it's so full of snark and jocular banter that it's often hard to tell when something is serious. Then again, maybe this is actually a problem with real life, not with Twitter. Maybe real life has gotten so Onion-esque that it's hard to tell it apart from a Stev ...

Insanity Report

  • IC 400: Dear White People
    400 shows Kev retells some stories about his Europe trip Race relations break down when The Insanity Check takes a break What people don’t understand about the Paula Deen situation White people trolling The Zimmerman Trial Dear White People Jon Jones is the Lebron James of the UFC The misu ...
  • IC 399: Man of Feel
    Kriss wasn’t impressed by E3 Games aren’t the next generation of consoles Fanboys complaining about Microsoft giving them what they’ve been asking for Sony’s smart PR war The Next-Gen is a marathon not a sprint Man of Steel & Nerds Why nerds get defensive about block ...
  • IC 398: Tentacle Porn
    NSA whitleblower goes to China Osama Bin Laden died horribly as a former rich guy Why no one fucks with Japan Man breaks into houses and sucks unsuspecting men’s dicks The Rock is having a good year Marvel Studio’s has some great casting Women have bad online dating profiles too Kris ...
  • IC 397: This is Retarded
    The Bible is a Great Read Roy Hibbert & No Homo Cause Bullies Owning up to being offensive People exaggerating about sex Dating as you get older How no one talks about rejection Dating success rates are worse than baseball batting averages Why online dating isn’t really different from ...
  • Insanity Check: The OkCupid Special
    Kriss & Kev put together a special podcast/rant about the stressful nature of trying to use an online dating site like OkCupid.com Share with your friends:

Simple Climate

  • Extra climate targets urge faster CO2 cuts
    Avoiding damage from climate change needs multiple goals that would mean even lower carbon emissions than for temperature limits alone, Marco Steinacher and his team from the University of Bern, Switzerland, have found.
  • Missed Greenland melt raises sea level concern
    Climate models aren’t simulating jet stream changes responsible both for record melt in Greenland and unusual wetness in UK in 2012, warns Edward Hanna from the University of Sheffield, which could mean we’re surprised by sea level rise.
  • Worse extreme temperature effects urge farming ...
    Steps are needed to avoid damage and harvest failure in wheat, maize and rice crops caused by exposure to extreme temperatures during sensitive periods, finds Stanford University’s Sharon Gourdji.
  • Deciphering climate messages via the heart of ...
    Through a lifelong involvement in nuclear science, Hans Suess developed radiocarbon dating, and provided evidence that burning coal puts carbon into the atmosphere and the activity of the Sun can change, affecting Earth’s climate.
  • Historical sea voyage sends manmade warming signal
    Will Hobbs from the University of Tasmania and NASA’s Joshua Willis have confirmed that ocean warming calculated from data collected by the HMS Challenger between 1873–1876 couldn’t realistically be from natural variability alone, pointing strongly to humanity's role.

e!Science News

  • To feed the future, we must mine the wealth of ...
    With fewer than a dozen flowering plants out of 300,000 species accounting for 80 percent of humanity's caloric intake, people need to tap unused plants to feed the world in the near future, claims Cornell University plant geneticist Susan McCouch in the Comment feature of the July 4 issue of Na ...
  • Toronto team ID proteins key in stem cell prod ...
    A team of Toronto-based researchers may be one step closer to a 'recipe' for large-scale production of stem cells for use in research and therapy. read more
  • In subglacial lake, surprising life goes on
    Lake Vostok, buried under a glacier in Antarctica, is so dark, deep and cold that scientists had considered it a possible model for other planets, a place where nothing could live. read more
  • The balancing act of producing more food susta ...
    A policy known as sustainable intensification could help meet the challenges of increasing demands for food from a growing global population, argues a team of scientists in an article in the journal Science. read more
  • Jumping snails leap over global warming
    Snails in the Great Barrier Reef literally jump for their life to avoid predators. But will they be able to maintain these life-saving jumps, with rising sea temperatures? A new study, to be presented at the Society for Experimental Biology meeting in Valencia on July 5, shows that the snails wi ...

unEarthed

Brave New Climate

  • Log, slash, truck and burn – welcome to ...
    Guest Post by Geoff Russell. Geoff is a mathematician and computer programmer and is a member of Animal Liberation SA. He has published a book on diet and science, CSIRO Perfidy. Back in 2011, the federal Department of Climate Change and Energy Efficiency commissioned the Australian Energy Marke ...
  • Advanced fission and fusion technologies for s ...
    Last week, the Australian Academy of Science held their annual meeting in Canberra, and the final day’s event was focused on energy technology. The symposium was called “Power to the people: the science behind the debate“. I was invited as one of the speakers, to discuss next-g ...
  • Green Junk – In praise of waste
    This post has two purposes. First, for those who don’t follow my Twitter feed (hey, why don’t you?), I’d like to highlight some terrific work from Geoff Russell and Ben Heard that has hit the ‘net over the past few weeks. These are all ‘must reads’ – wit ...
  • 100 Per Cent Renewables Study Needs a Makeover
    Guest Post by Martin Nicholson. Martin studied mathematics, engineering and electrical sciences at Cambridge University in the UK and graduated with a Masters degree in 1974. He published a peer-reviewed book on low-carbon energy systems in 2012: The Power Makers’ Challenge: and the need for Fis ...
  • Can household solar photovoltaics provide a pr ...
    Guest Post by Graham Palmer. Graham is an industrial engineer and energy commenter from Melbourne. For another BNC post featuring his work, see Does energy efficiency reduce emissions and peak demand? Click the above image to download the PDF (full version is free – Open Access) With decli ...

Indigenist Opinion

  • Mortgage Repayment Calculator and Extra Mortga ...
    On the average, the typical mortgage can last from 15 to 30 years. Most of the repayments made for these mortgages go to the interest of the loan. It will only be after a couple of years before the payments actually affect the principal amount of the loan. If you’re looking for a quicker way to ...
  • Thinking About a Loan? Try a Reverse Mortgage ...
    Home Equity Conversion Mortgages (HECMs) remain popular with seniors interested in making the most of their home equity during retirement. While many of the requirements necessary to qualify for an HECM are clear, others are somewhat hazy. Seniors who are interested in these loans often wonder i ...
  • Advantages of Tankless Water Heaters
    How typically did you are taking a shower and also the water began to run cold before you were finished? do not you hate that? With a standard warmer this is often invariably a haul. And if another person needs to use predicament when you, simply forget it! shopping for a warmer with a humble pl ...
  • REAL ESTATE MARKET CALIFORNIA
    California real estate market trends, while having their own changes periodically, tide, remain more in sync with the current market across the nation and many people might not even think to buy a house now given the real estate market and the state of california things to buy. California real ...
  • LONDON PROPERTY AGENCIES
    If you are thinking of buying property in London is important to use all the resources available to you. Check out every Estate Agent in London as well as the local press for private property advertising. A search for "Estate Agents London" or "Agent Real London" on Google or MSN should prov ...

Republicans are a Disease

  • Female? Republican?
    Are you f-ing insane?
  • Niall Ferguson Is An Idiot
    On “Morning Joe” Niall Ferguson claimed that jobs were not being created because “Small businesses are deeply discouraged from hiring people by a massive regulation. I know this because I should try to setting up a business.” He then goes on to blather more nonsense. Look ...
  • Glenn Beck You And Your Friends Are The Diseas ...
    ““But it makes total sense if people understand progressivism is a disease in the Republican Party as well,” Beck responded.” Yeah, that’s right Beck. Making sure all American have a chance to get ahead, that’s a disease right? All Americans have a right to see a doctor w ...
  • The Rich Get Richer
    And the poor get poorer. Who do you blame? Republicans or Democrats? Both? If you think the “rich” earned their money think again. They have all the advantages. Tax loopholes written especially for them, and the companies they own. The ability to move their money offshore, or put it ...
  • Pay More Taxes So Apple Doesn’t Pay Any
    Man, the testimony today about Apple’s offshoring of their entities to not pay taxes makes me want to puke. They take their income through an Irish corporation, with a part ownership from an entity in the British Virgin Islands so they don’t even have to pay taxes there. Billions upo ...

Appalachia Rising

  • Residents Bring Dirty Water from Mountaintop R ...
    Dozens of Appalachians and their allies bring hundreds of gallons of toxic water from their homes to EPA offices in Washington, D.C. WASHINGTON D.C.– Citizens from across the country have travelled to the nation’s capitol to urge an end to … Continue reading →
  • We’re Bringing Toxic Water to the EPA &# ...
    Folks have begun arriving in Washington DC for a week of meetings with the Obama Administration and lawmakers asking for protections for Appalachian water.  We have brought over 100 gallons of toxic water from Virginia, West Virginia and Kentucky with … Continue reading →
  • Video: EPA Action May 8th!
    Join us in DC on May 8th, 2013 Join Appalachia Rising in D.C on May 8, 2013! from Zein Nakhoda on Vimeo. Please share this powerful video made by Zein Nakhoda for our EPA ACtion on Wednesday, May 8th at … Continue reading →
  • May 8th: Day of Action
    Dear friends of Appalachia: Will you join us in Washington DC on Wednesday May 8th to tell the EPA that millions of people across the country stand with Appalachia? Please meet us at the EPA Headquarters at 9am, and be … Continue reading →
  • More Actions in Atlanta!
    Actions at EPA Region 4 offices at Atlanta!

Amped Status

  • ‘Another World Is Happening’ &#821 ...
    Cenk Uygur, host of The Young Turks, interviews David DeGraw about the birth and evolution of Occupy Wall Street on its one year anniversary: "This is about empowering a new generation to be leaders, to be engaged.... We have millions of people engaged in creating change that were not engaged an ...
  • Happy 1 Year Anniversary to Anonymous 99 #OpES ...
    Cross-posted from MoneyOutPack.org, June 14, 2012 Here's a little Occupy history for you... Today, June 14th, Flag Day, marks the one year anniversary of A99 #OpESR. On this day last year, Anonymous and the 99% Movement launched a collaborative effort in Zuccotti Park, and 22 other locatio ...
  • As the 99% Movement Evolves, It’s Time t ...
    By David DeGraw “You don’t need a weatherman to know which way the wind blows.” – Bob Dylan For those of us in the 99% Movement who started organizing Occupy in the spring of 2011, Flag Day June 14th marks the one-year anniversary since we first gathered in Zuccotti Park and 22 other loc ...
  • The Evolution of the Butterfly
    Renowned cellular biologist, Dr. Bruce Lipton narrates the process of a caterpillar transforming into a butterfly over a milieu of imagery in "The Evolution of the Butterfly". The film combines first hand footage from the Occupy Wall Street movement with stylized portraits of the recent eco ...
  • After Being Beaten and Arrested Several Times, ...
    This is Daniel Murphy @ Union Square on March 22nd:

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  • White Night in Tel Aviv: ‘Jewish girls d ...
    Although organized anti-African protests and attacks seem to have become less frequent in south Tel Aviv, a group of friends encounters a new type of organized racism during the city’s “White Night” celebrations. By Leah McDonnell and Rebecca de Vries Racial tension in south Te ...
  • From Beduin fighting eviction to artists prote ...
    This week, Palestinian and Bedouin citizens of Israel protest against the ‘Prawer Plan‘ to displace tens of thousands, Palestinians protest the occupation in the West Bank, artists and activists demonstrate against the closure of a Palestinian children’s theater in East Jerusal ...
  • In Cairo, a demoralizing spectacle
    This time ‘people power’ returned Egypt to the Mubarak era, only worse. Since I spend most of my writing time denouncing the Israeli public for its rotten political inclinations, I think I have the right to call it as I see it about the Egyptian public, which has really put on a show ...
  • PHOTOS: In wake of protests, Turkey holds prid ...
    In the wake of the Gezi Park protests against the Turkish government last month, Istanbul held its pride parade. The pushback against government encroachments on personal freedom, which drove many of the protests, also contributed to increased participation in the pride parade. Text and photos: ...
  • Best day of my life: Making it into the Jewish ...
    This is a big day for me. Bigger than my wedding day, bigger than the days my kids were born. From today onwards, my life will be divided in two: my normal life until now, and the rest of my life after making it into the Jewish S.H.I.T List! (click for larger image) Yeah baby! [...]

Sustainability,water,etc - Oz gov't

  • Director of National Parks retires
    The Director of National Parks, Peter Cochrane, has advised me he will not seek reappointment when his contract expires in December this year.
  • Hurstville project to save millions of litres ...
    Parliamentary Secretary for Environment and Urban Water Amanda Rishworth has today congratulated Hurstville City Council on completing the first phase of an innovative stormwater harvesting and reuse project.
  • Nimmie-Caira Project Approved
    An agreement has been reached on a significant water saving project in the Nimmie-Caira area of the Lower Murrumbidgee floodplain, Federal Minister for the Environment Mark Butler and NSW Minister for Primary Industries Katrina Hodgkinson announced today.
  • E-waste recycling scheme goes from strength to ...
    An experienced Sydney-based recycling company is the fifth organisation approved to deliver services under the Australian Government's groundbreaking National Television and Computer Recycling Scheme.
  • New eye on our Weather and Environment
    Environment Minister Tony Burke, today unveiled a new state-of-the-art, interactive weather resource to help people access real-time, user-friendly weather information.

Matt Weidner Blog

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The Parallel Parliament

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Vaccine Awakening

  • Desperate Times for Vaccine Risk Denialism
    posted May 14, 2013 by Barbara Loe Fisher   These are desperate times for those denying vaccine risks. We know it because we are witnessing so many acts of desperation being committed by doctors determined to shut down the public conversation about vaccination and health. Vaccine r ...
  • Women, Vaccines & Bodily Integrity
    Posted 1/24/2013 By Barbara Loe Fisher   2013 was only a few days old when I saw a photo of 61-year old Ethel Hoover, a veteran hospital nurse, who had only missed 4 or 5 days of work in 22 years, she was fired from her job for declining to get a flu shot. Defending Freedom of Consc ...
  • IOM Issues Report on Safety of the Child Vacci ...
    Posted on 1/16/2013 by Barbara Loe Fisher Yesterday, the Institute of Medicine issued a report The Childhood Immunization Schedule and Safety: Stakeholder Concerns, Scientific Evidence and Future Studies. The report was based on a 12-month evaluation by an IOM committee of the scientific evid ...
  • Under Attack, NVIC Helps Americans Stand Up & ...
    Posted: 11/20/2012 by Barbara Loe Fisher In 2013, the National Vaccine Information Center (NVIC) enters our fourth decade of preventing vaccine injuries and deaths through public education and defending the legal right to make voluntary vaccination decisions in America.[1] Each year du ...
  • Influenza Deaths: The Hype vs. The Evidence
    Posted: 10/3/2012 By Barbara Loe FisherIt's that time of the year again when drug companies, doctors, government officials and media conduct a national advertising campaign to sell flu shots to every American.1, 2, 3 You can't pass by a pharmacy,4enter a supermarket,5  ...

2020 Science

  • The science of VidCon – Connecting with Scienc ...
    Where I cover science at this year’s VidCon YouTube convention, take a look at science and engineering more broadly on YouTube, and suggest that for next year’s VidCon the organizers should bring together some of the leading science projects on YouTube with grass-roots science-advoca ...
  • Frying your brains on information overload: Ol ...
    Living online is changing our brains – at least according to Baroness Greenfield in an interview posted today by New Scientist. Leaving aside questions over the extent to which Greenfield’s concerns are driven by misapprehension or plausibility, the interview put me in mind of a rath ...
  • Would You Lick Jam Off An Old Man’s Foot? and ...
    Would You Lick Jam Off An Old Man’s Foot Or Drink Toilet Water For An Hour? Can you explain how gravitons can escape a black hole?  Or do you have a good answer to the question “why are people annoying?” This is just a sampling of some of the more entertaining and challenging questio ...
  • What was worrying us about nanotechnology safe ...
    In 2004, the first International Symposium on Occupational Health Implications of Nanomaterials was held in Buxton in the UK.  Seven years later, I’m preparing for a discussion panel at the fifth meeting in this very successful community-led series (being held this week in Boston MA), and ...
  • Want to know about teens and social media from ...
    If you are a teen who uses YouTube (or know of one – maybe even your own teenager), please think seriously about posting a response to this video: (You can also watch it directly on YouTube here). Over on the Risk Science Blog, I’ve just posted a piece about Baroness Susan Greenfield ...

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War Resisters League

  • Aging Behind Bars
    [Originally published on June 6th, 2013 on Criminaljusticedegreehub.com] Tagged: aging, infographic, Mass incarceration, new Jim Crow, PIC, prison industrial complex, racial, racist prisons, repression, stric sentencing, US cages, US Prisons
  • The End of Passive Revolution in Brazil
    [originally published on June 22nd, 2013 in La Jornada.] by Massimo Modonesi and translated from Spanish by Linda Quiquivix The Brazilian experience over the last 10 years under its progressive governments (of first Lula and now Dilma) has been characterized … Continue reading →
  • Tipping Towards Iraq’s Squares: An Inter ...
    [Originally published on January 22nd, 2013 on Jadaliyya.] by Ali Issa  The Iraqi state releasing 335 detainees this past week? Prime Minster Nouri al-Maliki bussing in a few hundred paid “supporters” to rally? What gives? Signs point to the wave … Continue reading →
  • U.S. Tear Gas Still on the Streets of Egypt: H ...
    Earlier last week, Egyptians poured out onto the streets across Egypt to protest President Morsi’s dictatorial decree overriding the power of the courts, attempting to keep a heavily Muslim Brotherhood-influenced constitutional assembly in tact, and granting himself seemingly unchecked authority ...
  • منظمة مقوامة الحروب الامريكية تمنح للقيادية ال ...
    للنشر الفوري 11-26-2012   للاتصال: ali@warresisters.org علي عيسى – في نيو يورك 718-310-9968  اسماء محمد – في سويس, مصر012-680-9980 منظمة مقوامة الحروب الامريكية تمنح للقيادية العمالية, اسماء محمد محمد, التي قالت لا للغاز المسيل للدموع, جائزة سلام كان رفضها لتمرير … Continue reading →

Center for a Livable Future

  • A Milestone: Worldwide Aquaculture Output Surp ...
    It is projected that aquaculture yields will exceed edible seafood from wild fisheries in the next couple of years.
  • CLF Week in Links: Obesity, Oceans, Meat, and More
    Once we understood the harmful effects of tobacco, policymakers kicked in with higher tobacco taxes, smoking restrictions in public places, limitations on advertising, and so forth. Substitute sweetened beverages, calorically dense fast food, sugar- and fat-laden processed foods and snacks for t ...
  • A Faith that Produces Food
    The City of Baltimore provided the land, Big City Farms provided the farming expertise, and Newborn Ministries provided the personnel, community connection, overarching project focus, and the farm name.
  • Meat Consumption and Climate Change: Which NGO ...
    The study, published in this week’s issue of Climatic Change, examined the meat consumption reduction efforts of three types of NGOs—environmental, food-focused, and animal-protection—in the U.S., Canada, and Sweden.
  • Harvard researchers raise another red flag ove ...
    While this study is observational and does not prove causation, it does provide stronger evidence that red meat consumption raises the risk of diabetes, a disease that affects almost 26 million adults and children in the U.S.

k2p blog

  • The impact of fracking Eagle Ford shale in Texas
    Texas produced an average of 2.45 million barrels a day (bpd) of crude oil in April, according to the Energy Information Administration (EIA). That's the highest average daily output for Texas in any month since April 1985 — 28 years ago.
  • The impact of fracking Eagle Ford shale in Texas
    Texas produced an average of 2.45 million barrels a day (bpd) of crude oil in April, according to the Energy Information Administration (EIA). That's the highest average daily output for Texas in any month since April 1985 — 28 years ago.
  • Disaster looms! Sea level may rise 5 cm by 2100
    The Earth’s rate of rotation records a mean acceleration from 1972 to 2012, contradicting all claims of a rapid global sea level rise, and instead suggests stable, to slightly falling, sea levels. Best estimates for future sea level changes up to the year 2100 are in the range of +5 cm ±15 cm.
  • Disaster looms! Sea level may rise 5 cm by 2100
    The Earth’s rate of rotation records a mean acceleration from 1972 to 2012, contradicting all claims of a rapid global sea level rise, and instead suggests stable, to slightly falling, sea levels. Best estimates for future sea level changes up to the year 2100 are in the range of +5 cm ±15 cm.
  • Further uncertainties in the Carbon cycle
    Deep soils store up to five times more carbon than is normally reported.

Left Foot Forward

Consumerist

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Whistleblogger - GAP

  • Whistleblowing is Patriotic
    Patriotism is defined as “love for or devotion to one’s country.” On this Independence Day, we owe immense gratitude to the modern patriots – whistleblowers who risk their job security, and increasingly freedom, in order to defend the United States from abuses of power that betray the public tru ...
  • DNI/OPM Sensitive Designation a 'Threat to the ...
    Virtually Every Federal Position Potentially Affected, Including Those with 'Control Over Unclassified Information' (Washington, DC) – Last week, the Government Accountability Project (GAP) filed public comments condemning a proposed rule by the Office of the Director of National Intelligence ...
  • Snowden's Father Likens Whistleblower to Paul ...
    Washington Post: Edward Snowden’s Father, in Letter, Compares Son to Paul Revere, Assails Administration(Laura Poitras/The Guardian) Edward Snowden’s father made his voice heard once again, in a public letter written with his attorney (Bruce Fein) to his son. In the letter, which can be read h ...
  • Snowden Makes a Statement: Daily Whistleblower ...
    WikiLeaks: Statement from Edward Snowden in Moscow WikiLeaks published a statement from NSA surveillance Edward Snowden yesterday, in which he wrote that the US government is rejecting the Universal Declaration of Human Rights by revoking his passport and attempting to strong-arm countries fro ...
  • Assange and Radack Talk Snowden: Daily Whistle ...
    This Week with George Stephanopoulos: Julian Assange – No Stopping Release of Additional NSA Secrets GAP National Security & Human Rights Director Jesselyn Radack appeared in a segment with WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange yesterday to discuss the case of NSA surveillance whistleblower Edw ...

UK Progressive

  • The Boston Marathon Bombers and the Theory of ...
    by Tina Dupuy My working theory—you could call it a philosophy, or a freestanding reason of how the world works—is what I call the Theory of Relative Laziness. It goes like this: Never attribute anything to conspiracy, coordination or planning when laziness could explain it. Call it Occam’s Armc ...
  • Six Claims on Detainee Torture, Skewered
    by Christie Thompson ProPublica Among the news that ended up being buried in the events last week: A nonpartisan think tank, the Constitution Project, released a scathing, 577-page report on the U.S.’s treatment, and torture, of detainees in the aftermath of 9/11. The investigation began in 2009 ...
  • Illegal Abortion and ‘The Way of the World’
    by Tina Dupuy The Women’s Medical Society in West Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, run by Dr. Kermit Gosnell was one of the few places in the state to provide late-term abortions. From witness accounts the clinic smelled of cat urine. There was a free-roaming, flea-infested feline that reportedly def ...
  • The Dis-Uniting of America (2): Social Issues ...
    by Robert Reich My first reaction on hearing of the Senate’s failure to get 60 votes for even modest measures to regulate the flow of guns into the hands of people who shouldn’t have them, such as background checks supported by 90 percent of Americans, was to be furious at the spinelessness of t ...
  • Boston Strong!
    by Janet Landry-Borden On March 5, 1770 three men were killed on the streets of Boston in what came to be known as the Boston Massacre. Two more died later from their injuries, and several more were wounded. It took five years for the British to begin to feel the tremors of the outrage of that [...]

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